Cucumber Mint Creole

• 2 mint sprigs
• 4 unpeeled cucumber wheels
• 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
• Ice
• 1 1/2 ounces gin
• 1/2 ounce Dry Sack sherry
• 1/2 ounce cask-aged aquavit (caraway-flavored distilled spirit), preferably Linie

1. In a pint glass, muddle the leaves from 1 of the mint sprigs with 3 of the cucumber wheels, the lemon juice and the Simple Syrup.
2. Add ice and the gin, sherry and aquavit and stir well.
3. Double strain the drink into a chilled coupe and garnish with the remaining mint sprig and cucumber wheel.

mint sprigs, cucumber wheels, lemon juice, simple syrup, gin, sherry, caskaged

Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/cucumber-mint-creole-cocktails-2008 (may not work)