Pimm's Cooler

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

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.
2. Add ice and the Pimm's and Creole Shrubb.
3. Shake well and strain into an ice-filled pilsner glass.
4. Stir in the ginger beer and garnish with the remaining mint sprig, lemon slice, orange slice, cucumber spear, cucumber ribbon and strawberry half.

lemon slices, ginger beer, cucumber, orange slices, lemon juice, strawberry, mint sprigs, creole shrub

Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/pimms-cooler-cocktails-2007 (may not work)