Another week rolls by and it's only one week to Christmas Day, arghhhhhh.
This week's cocktail was brought to us by Rachael at Blue Mountain Daisy.
It's a very summery and refreshingly sounding Cucumber Collins.
This is what mine looked like, very anaemic compared to Rachael's.
The verdict. It was a tiny bit too sweet for my taste. I don't love sweet cocktails, overall this is refreshing but next time I would add only a little simple syrup or none at all. It's a lovely fresh and unusual taste in a cocktail, but who doesn't love cool crisp cucumbers in summer.
After seeing Rachael's and thinking that mine was too sweet, I tried again. Although by now it was Thursday. My photos are not nearly as pretty as Rachael's. It didn't help that both days, I made the drink in the evening, with less than stellar lighting.
Take two.
I need to use smaller glasses. I only used half the amount of sugar, that was better, but it was still very anaemic looking, I think even paler than yesterday's, and with too much soda in it, the flavour was very subdued. A great drink for those hot summer evenings. I will absolutely make this one again, but next time I'll use much smaller glasses.
They both look nice enough to drink and maybe very easy to drink, I do like those kind.
ReplyDeleteI'd even drink one of those ones Shay made with the candy soaked alcohol right now. Anything would do!
ReplyDeleteI like clearish drinks, martinis especially. Maybe for the cocktail series you ned a bunch of different kinds of special glasses. Merry Christmas, I hope you have the best holiday!
ReplyDeleteA longer drink is better when you're trying to pace yourself - there's always that. I'm intrigued to try a cucumber drink - sounds very refreshing.
ReplyDeleteYes, you don't want to dilute your booze too much ;o) Alas, I'm the person that hates cucumbers *ducks*
ReplyDeleteHmmm , it does look anaemic. Did you muddle cucumber and coriander with the sugar/ simple syrup. We must use more of those to get the green colour. On these hot evenings anything with ice in it tastes great!
ReplyDeleteI'll pass on this one- cucumber is my least favourite salad vegetable! I'll have a G & T please!
ReplyDeleteI used a pretty small glass so I think size does matter...take that as you will. I liked this a lot though.
ReplyDeleteChristmas? Are you kidding? It cant be December....
Looks a bit like lemonade. Hopefully you are all on a roll with two winners in a row.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I'll have to make this one. I was too lazy this week ..
ReplyDeleteWhen we hit our summer months, I'm going to give this drink a try. It does sound quite yummy. I would try it now, but my bones are already chilled from the negative degree temps. One would think my hotness would be enough to keep me warm, but my menopausal furnace can't even keep up with this. :)
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