French Maid

from PDT

• 1.5 oz. Hine V.S.O.P. Cognac
• 1 oz. House Ginger Beer
• .75 oz. Lime Juice
• .75 oz. Simple Syrup
• .25 oz. John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum
• 3 Wheels of Cucumber
• 6-8 Leaves of Mint
• 1 Wheel of Cucumber (Garnish)
• 1 sprig of Mint (Garnish)

Add the cucumber, mint, and simple syrup to a mixing glass and muddle. Add everything else, then shake with ice and strain into a chilled Collins glass filled with ice. Garnish with a mint sprig poking through a cucumber wheel.

Barman Sam Ross created a similar drink made with bourbon dubbed the Kentucky Maid: consider this her spicy French sister. —Jim Meehan, Fall 2008