Cucumber Melon Gin Spritzers

These Cucumber Melon Gin Spritzers are the nigh refreshing summer cocktail! They’re made amongst a cantaloupe simple syrup, fresh mint, sliced cucumber, gin of grade, together with a splash of soda H2O!

Get prepare for the nigh refreshing summertime cocktail. Cantaloupe infused uncomplicated syrup, gin, cucumber slices, melon balls, mint, together with seltzer come up together in the almost beautiful manner. I virtually e'er become for tequila based drinks, as well as sometimes vodka, simply this one is changing my tune. I can’t become over how proficient it is!

This beauty of a drink is and so calorie-free too summery in addition to perfect for entertaining, barbecues, as well as straight up relaxing. If it would e'er terminate raining hither in Baltimore, I’d love to bask one of these exterior or at the puddle!

This recipe is for 1 cocktail, only they are super easily multiplied. The recipe makes a ton of uncomplicated syrup, so y'all tin definitely brand these for a crowd!

This unproblematic syrup is SO amazing. And elementary. Ha. No actually, it’s incredibly easy for an “infused” elementary syrup. All y'all accept to do is make a obviously unproblematic syrup (past boiling carbohydrate + H2O), as well as then purée it inwards your food processor or blender with fresh cantaloupe!

It’s incredible, as well as even more incredible if you lot go a suuuuper ripe together with sweetness cantaloupe.

When I was testing too shooting these cocktails, I’one thousand then glad I wasn’t domicile lone. My mom was hither to aid me beverage them all, thankfully. We were stuck alongside about vi-vii drinks to consume at 10am. It would’ve been a litttttle chip dangerous if I was hither past myself. They’re tooooo good.

The other matter I beloved most these is how the elementary syrup is form of thick, most like a fruit purée from the cantaloupe. The only affair about that, is that it’second sometimes difficult to pour out of the shaker because the fruit pieces and/or mint leafage gets stuck together with blocks it from coming out! So yous mightiness have to have off the chapeau of your shaker together with pour the cocktail into your glass if you desire to become all the good inward!

I honey making melon balls instead of simply cutting cantaloupe into cubes for these because it’second extra pretty! But you tin totally but cutting them into cubes if you lot don’t have a melon baller.

Another matter I dearest doing alongside these is using cucumber flavored seltzer if I have it. It’s SO skillful too adds more fresh cucumber-y good to these drinks! Totally optional, merely if you lot tin detect it, definitely function it. 😍

But yes, if you lot desire to brand these for a crowd, y'all absolutely tin. This simple syrup makes a lot of extra! This is the kind of drinkable that begs to be entertained alongside. All I tin intend of when drinking these is pairing it with lots of expert barbecue and all the grilled things!

I’thousand and then ready for Friday summer happy hours. 🙌🏻

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Cucumber Melon Gin Spritzers

Course

Beverage, Booze, Cocktail, Drink

Prep Time fifteen minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings i beverage, is easily multiplied

Author Molly (Spices inwards My DNA)

Ingredients

For the melon elementary syrup

• 
  one
  c.
  H2O
  


• 
  1
  c.
  saccharide
  


• 
  ii
  c.
  cantaloupe cubes or balls
  

For the cocktail

• 
  ii
  oz.
  melon uncomplicated syrup
  


• 
  1.5
  oz.
  gin
  


• 
  i
  oz.
  seltzer water*
  


• 
  melon balls/cubes
  


• 
  cucumber slices
  


• 
  water ice
  


• 
  fresh mint
  

Instructions

1. 
   

   In a small-scale saucepan, take the water too carbohydrate to a boil. Let boil for xxx seconds, withdraw from rut, in addition to let cool completely. Once cooled, add together to a blender or nutrient processor with the cantaloupe cubes/balls. Blend until completely polish.

   
   


2. 
   

   To make the potable, add together water ice to a cocktail shaker along alongside a fresh mint leafage. Add the simple syrup as well as gin, too shake for xxx seconds. Fill glass amongst ice, a few melon balls and cucumber slices, together with and so pour inward the potable. Top amongst seltzer, stir to combine, too garnish with mint, too extra cantaloupe/cucumber slices!

   
   

Recipe Notes

*Becasue of the thickness of the uncomplicated syrup, the cocktail is sometimes difficult to pour out of the shaker because the puréed cantaloupe syrup as well as/or mint foliage gets stuck as well as blocks it from coming out! You mightiness accept to have off the lid of your shaker together with just pour it into your glass if you lot want to go all the good inward!

*If you can notice it, cucumber flavored seltzer is amazing inwards these!

*This recipe makes a bunch of extra elementary syrup, and then these are cracking to serve to a crowd also!

This post was originally published on 8/xix/xvi, simply was updated alongside novel photos too text on six/xv/eighteen!