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45 ml Gin, 15 ml Maraschino liqueur, 15 ml Lemon juice, 7.5 ml Crème de violette, 1 Maraschino cherry
Pimm's and Ginger
Pimm's and ginger ale - the fruit cup with a bit more warmth.
Refreshing
Easy
4 min
Photo: Pimms No 1 Cup - pouring by Dinner Series · CC BY 2.0 · All credits
Ingredients
Measures below are multiplied for 12 drinks. Unmeasurable amounts such as “a splash” are left as written.
- 600 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 600 ml line. Pimm's No. 1
- 1800 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 1800 ml line. Ginger ale - A dry, gingery one - the sweeter the ale, the sweeter the drink
- 12 ribbons Cucumber ribbon
- 12 berries Strawberry (optional)
- 12 slices Orange (optional)
- 12 sprigs Mint sprig
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Quick version
- Pimm's over ice in a big glass, ginger ale on top, cucumber and mint in.
Method
Batch (12 drinks)Batch (12 drinks) - about 2.4 l of measured ingredients, before ice and dilution.
Timings and per-glass steps below are written for one drink and are not scaled. A full jug takes longer to chill, so stir or shake until it is properly cold rather than by the clock, and pour over fresh ice one glass at a time.
- Fill a large wine glass with ice.
- Pour in the Pimm's and top with ginger ale.
- Stir once, gently.
- Coil the cucumber ribbon inside the glass and finish with mint.
Serve it
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Pimm's and Ginger
The Pimm's Cup is usually a lemonade drink, but once you have tried it with a dry ginger ale you may not go back: the ginger picks up the spice in the fruit cup and gives the whole thing a warm, gingery edge that lemonade simply does not have. It is the same three-to-one build, with a different bottle.
Getting it right
Ginger ale is doing the work here, so choose one with actual ginger heat - a dry, grown-up ale rather than a cream-soda-sweet one. Keep to 600 ml of Pimm's to 1800 ml of ale, serve it in a large glass with plenty of ice, and lean on the cucumber and mint rather than on extra fruit: with ginger in the mix, a glass crowded with strawberries starts to taste like a fruit salad. A squeeze of lemon over the top is a fine addition if your ale is on the sweet side.
Tasting notes
Bittersweet orange and herbs, ginger warmth underneath, and cool cucumber and mint on the finish. More grown-up than its lemonade cousin and just as easy to drink.
If you like the ginger, the ginger beer version is bolder still - same build, louder drink.
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