Irish Maid Recipe
Irish whiskey shaken with muddled cucumber, lemon and elderflower liqueur — a cool, garden-fresh whiskey sour on the rocks.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- ABV: 18%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Irish whiskey60 ml (2 oz)
- Elderflower liqueur15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice22 ml (0.7 oz)
- Simple syrup22 ml (0.7 oz)
- Cucumber2 piece
How to Make It
- Muddle the two cucumber slices in the bottom of a shaker.
- Add the whiskey, elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, simple syrup and ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Double-strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with a cucumber slice.
Garnish
Cucumber slice
The Story
A member of the "Maid" family of cucumber sours that bartender Sam Ross developed at Milk & Honey in New York, where the base spirit changes from one Maid to the next.
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