Description
Nine Cocktails to make with Pimm’s
1.The Leading Role
Ingredients
.75 oz Irish whiskey
.75 oz Scotch
.5 oz Pimm’s No. 1
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz agave syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Instructions
Combine all ingredients and shake over ice; double strain into a coupe glass.
From Red Star Tavern in Portland, OR.
2.Pimm’s Spritz
Ingredients
50 ml Pimm’s No. 1
75 ml lemonade
25 ml sparkling wine
Sliced cucumber
1 spring mint
Instructions
Fill a large wine glass with ice cubes. Pour in Pimm’s No. 1. Pout in lemonade and stir. Top with sparkling wine. For garnish, add a few slices of cucumber and sprig of mint.
3.Pimm’s and Tonic (two servings)
Ingredients
4 oz Pimm’s No. 1
2 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice from about 2 lemons
.5 oz simple syrup
Fever Tree tonic
Instructions
Combine Pimm’s No. 1, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake for about 15 seconds. Strain, pouring evenly between two ice-filled collins glasses. Top with tonic, stir, and serve.
Courtesy of Serious Eats
4.Pimm’s No. 1 Cup (single serving)
Ingredients
50 ml Pimm’s No.1
150 ml lemonade
2 sliced strawberries
2 orange wheels/wedges
2 slices cucumber
1 spring mint
Instructions
Fill a highball glass with ice cubs. Pour in Pimm’s No. 1 and lemonade. Add strawberries, orange, and cucumber. Stir and top with mint sprig and serve with a paper straw.
5.The Pimmlet
Ingredients
25 ml Pimm’s No.1
25 ml Gordon’s Gin
25 ml fresh lime juice
Dash of sugar syrup
Cucumber slice
Mint leaves
Instructions
Muddle cucumber, mint leaves, and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker, fill with ice and all other ingredients then shake for a minute. Strain into a chilled martini glass
6.Reyka Pimm’s Cup
Ingredients
1 oz Reyka Vodka
1 oz Pimm’s
.75 oz fresh lemon
.75 oz ginger soda
Instructions
Combine all ingredients into cocktail shaker. Shake, garnish, serve.
7.Pimm’s Sundowner
Ingredients
50ml Pimm’s No.1
25ml fresh lemon juice
25ml orange juice
25ml apple juice
A dash of sugar syrup
Instructions
Combine your ice and Pimm’s in a highball glass. Add juices to the glass and top with sugar syrup and an orange slice.
8.The Pimm’s Short
Ingredients
50 ml Pimm’s No. 1
50 ml lemonade
1 orange peel
Instructions
Fill a short glass/tumbler with ice cubes. Pour in Pimm’s No. 1 and lemonade. Stir. Garnish with orange peel.
9.Pimm’s Gentleman’s Mule
Ingredients
50 ml Pimm’s No. 1
150 ml ginger ale
2 lime wedges
1 sprig mint
Instructions
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Pour in Pimm’s No. 1 and ginger ale. To garnish, add two wedges of lime and sprig of mint.