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Not a Melon

1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Rittenhouse 100
1 oz Fino sherry, Lustau
3⁄4 oz Lemon juice
3⁄4 oz Simple syrup
1⁄2 oz Cynar
3 sli Cucumber
Instructions

Muddle cucumber slices, add other ingredients, shake with ice, and strain into a rocks/double old fashioned glass. Fill with ice or cube, and garnish with a cucumber wheel.

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Posted by joshlh on
Created by
Zach Luther, Backbar, Somerville, Massachusetts
Year
2017
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2017/06/not-melon.html

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  • Deliciously different than the sum of its parts. Frederic Yarm's tasting notes are spot on: The Not a Melon gave forth a cucumber-melon aroma with rye notes peeping through. Next, a vegetal, lemon, and malt sip led into rye, bubble gum, and cucumber on the swallow.
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