World Cucumber Day 2019 | Celebrate Gin

Hendrick’s Gin has always held the cucumber in the highest regard. The spirit’s unusual distillation process includes an infusion of rose and cucumber, which yields an extraordinarily smooth gin that is a rare union of lightness and complexity. Not only that, but there is simply no better way to cap off a Hendrick’s cocktail than with a little green garnish cut from the same fruit that gives Hendrick’s its pleasingly unusual flavour.

Cucumber Day was invented by cucumber growers, in England in 2011, to extol the virtues of the gallant cucumber. For several years now we celebrate this day to hero this remarkable fruit. We wish to spread love, understanding and appreciation for cucumbers everywhere and every year invite all those with a curious mind to celebrate World Cucumber Day on June 14 to cultivate and embrace their very own unusual side.

A Sumptuous Summer Cocktail in Honour of the Noble Cucumber

World Cucumber Day takes place in the Summer, so Hendrick’s Cucumber Lemonade — an unusually seasonal concoction — is just the thing. You cannot control the behaviour of wasps at a picnic; you can however ensure you have a summer drink as azure in flavour as the summer evening is long. Cucumber Lemonade brims with naughty thoughts for summers — and cucumber days and nights — yet to be.

Ingredients

50 ml Hendrick's Gin
8 - 10 Torn Mint Leaves
30 ml Cucumber Juice
20 ml Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
35 ml Aloe Vera Juice
30 ml Soda Water

Methods

Add Hendrick's Gin, cucumber and lemon juice along with mint into a glass and gently muddle until a pulpy consistency.
Add plenty of cracked ice and churn.
Add aloe vera juice, soda and stir.
Add more crushed ice, building into a stack.

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