RECIPE

Pimm's Cooler

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Barmarché • New York City

Pimm's Cups are traditionally made with lemonade, lemon soda, ginger ale or ginger beer and are garnished lavishly with cucumber, mint leaves and fruit. Former bar manager Ben Scorah's version incorporates Creole Shrubb, an orange liqueur made in Martinique.

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Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 2 mint sprigs
    2. 2 lemon slices
    3. 2 orange slices
    4. 1 cucumber wheel, 1 cucumber spear and 1 cucumber ribbon (optional)
    5. 1 strawberry, halved
    6. 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
    7. Ice
    8. 2 ounces Pimm's No. 1 (English gin-based aperitif)
    9. 1/2 ounce Creole Shrub or Grand Marnier
    10. 3 ounces chilled ginger beer

Directions

  1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the leaves of 1 mint sprig with 1 lemon slice, 1 orange slice, the cucumber wheel, half of the strawberry and the lemon juice. Add ice and the Pimm's and Creole Shrubb. Shake well and strain into an ice-filled pilsner glass. Stir in the ginger beer and garnish with the remaining mint sprig, lemon slice, orange slice, cucumber spear, cucumber ribbon and strawberry half.