Try This Grapefruit Cucumber Cooler Cocktail

You have to try this cucumber cooler cocktail with a little bit of grapefruit mixed in. So good!

Summer cocktails that have a spa water vibe? Now we’re talking. Here’s a drink that will make you feel like you’re on vacation without the plane ride. It’s a tart twist on a cucumber cooler, that can be made as a cocktail or a mocktail.

Perfect for brunches spent with friends or just a summer sip out on the porch. Grab a highball glass and some fresh ingredients, here’s how to make your own grapefruit cucumber gin cooler…

Ingredients

• 2 ounces cucumber-infused gin*
• 2 ounces fresh grapefruit juice
• 2 ounces grapefruit sparkling water
• 1/2 tsp honey (sub 1/2 tsp grenadine if you want an ombre effect)
• 1 cucumber “twist”
• 1 small grapefruit wedge for garnish
• cubed ice

* For mocktails, try subbing for cucumber sparkling water like Spindrift Cucumber.

How to Make Grapefruit Cucumber Cooler

1. Mix fresh grapefruit juice, honey (if using grenadine, hold until later), and cucumber gin in a tumbler. If you plan to add cucumber sparkling water, don’t mix in tumbler to prevent leakage – you can add it after you’ve poured.

2. Before you pour, wet the inside of your glass. Wrap one ribbon of cucumber peel (the cucumber “twist”) using fingers or the back of a spoon until it is stuck to the inside of the glass.

3. Carefully pour grapefruit and gin mixture into the glass, being careful not to disturb the cucumber peel. If you are subbing the honey for grenadine, slowly add in the syrup so that is settles towards the bottom of the glass.

4. Add 3-4 ice cubes. Top off with grapefruit soda. This is also the time to add the cucumber sparkling water if you’re making a mocktail.

5. Give it a soft stir if you want, and garnish with grapefruit wedge.

More Summer Cocktails

Looking for more cocktail and mocktail ideas for summer?

• This frozen Aperol spritz is pretty delicious and very refreshing!
• My most popular rum punch recipe (and the prettiest one too imo).
• Bold blood orange mimosa recipe (with a little grapefruit).
• And a spiked summer punch perfect for pineapple lovers.

Grapefruit Cucumber Cooler

Brittni

Summer cocktails that have a spa water vibe? Now we're talking. Here's a drink that will make you feel like you're on vacation without the plane ride. It's a tart twist on a cucumber cooler, that can be made as a cocktail or a mocktail.

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Ingredients

  

• 2 ounces cucumber-infused gin* *For cocktails try subbing for cucumber sparkling water like Spindrift Cucumber.,
• 2 ounces fresh grapefruit juice
• 2 ounces grapefruit sparkling water
• ½ tsp honey sub 1/2 tsp grenadine if you want an ombre effect
• 1 cucumber "twist"
• 1 small grapefruit wedge for garnish
• cubed ice

Instructions

 

• Mix fresh grapefruit juice, honey (if using grenadine, hold until later), and cucumber gin in a tumbler. If you plan to add cucumber sparkling water, don't mix in tumbler to prevent leakage - you can add it after you've poured.
• Before you pour, wet the inside of your glass. Wrap one ribbon of cucumber peel (the cucumber "twist") using fingers or the back of a spoon until it is stuck to the inside of the glass.
• Carefully pour grapefruit and gin mixture into the glass, being careful not to disturb the cucumber peel. If you are subbing the honey for grenadine, slowly add in the syrup so that is settles towards the bottom of the glass.
• Add 3-4 ice cubes. Top off with grapefruit soda. This is also the time to add the cucumber sparkling water if you're making a mocktail.
• Give it a soft stir if you want, and garnish with grapefruit wedge.

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Photography Amelia Lawrence

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