Eastside Cocktail: The Anti-Vodka Soda

• 2 ounces gin (Beefeater or Plymouth)
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 3/4 ounces simple syrup
• Muddled cucumber and mint
• cucumber slice

1. Add several mint leaves (no stems) and several cucumber slices into a shaker tin, along with the lime and simple syrup, then muddle for several seconds.
2. Add the gin and a generous amount of ice.
3. Shake vigorously and strain with a Hawthorn strainer into a chilled coupe and garnish with a thin cucumber slice (if it is too thick, it will not float on top, but you can also slice the cucumber to sit on the side of the glass).

beefeater, lime juice, simple syrup, cucumber, cucumber slice

Taken from www.foodrepublic.com/recipes/eastside-cocktail-the-anti-vodka-soda/ (may not work)