Fresh Start

Ingredients:

Garnish: pineapple frond, dehydrated lime

Glassware: Collins

Yield

one cocktail

Method

Muddle cucumbers in a shaker, add remaining ingredients, 12 oz crushed ice, and shake for 20 seconds. Strain into a collins or highball, add more crushed ice. Garnish with fronds and lime.

This drink tastes more like a trip to a sushi restaurant. Cucumber and savory sesame notes (I used roasted sesame oil) along with a secondary fermented note from the sherry. A little bit like having an ice-cold miso soup before you dig into your rainbow roll. Interesting at the very least!