This refreshing gin mojito with mint and cucumber slices is a delicious twist on a classic mojito, perfect for warm spring and summer evenings.
This is a super simple and tasty gin mojito cocktail, perfect for the upcoming Mother’s Day or for any summer evening spent outside. And if you are into gin, why not try the Elderflower Gin or the Rhubarb and Ginger Gin this spring? The elderflower and rhubarb season is just around the corner. Or thy the Gooseberry Gin in summer.
A classic Cuban mojito is made with white rum, mint, limes, club soda, sugar, and ice. A gin mojito, also known as a London mojito, is made with gin instead of rum. I added the cucumbers because I absolutely love them in gin.
Ingredients
Gin: Over time, I’ve used different brands of gin for making this cocktail, from mid-ranged priced ones to pricier ones. Beefeater London Dry Gin and Bombay Sapphire are both good choices.
Fresh mint: Most of it muddled in the glass, plus a few leaves for the garnish.
Limes: Always use freshly squeezed lime juice for making cocktails, bottled juice is not an option in this case.
- Use unwaxed and preferably organic limes; you will muddle them in the glass as well, and you don’t want the wax and other weird stuff in your drink. If you cannot get hold of unwaxed limes, juice them and use only the juice. However, bruising the peel in the glass adds a delightful, slightly bitter note to the drink; I would not want to miss that.
Club soda is carbonated water infused with added minerals, as opposed to sparkling water, which is naturally carbonated. Otherwise, they are pretty much the same; I don't think I could ever tell the difference.
- I almost always use sparkling water for cocktails, as club soda is not easily available around here. Seltzer can be used as well.
Cucumber slices: Optional, but I’ve never made this gin mojito without them.
Fine cane sugar. I used about 2 teaspoons per glass, but you can adjust that to your taste. You can add more or leave the sugar out completely. However, at least a little bit is nice. You can use other sweeteners instead if you wish.
Crushed ice
How to make a mojito with gin?
- Wash and dry the lime thoroughly. Halve it and slice the halves. Place half of them in a glass.
- Add sugar and 6-8 mint leaves, depending on their size.
- Muddle to release some of the lime juice and mint flavors. If you have a professional muddler or a shaker, use that. I don’t have any of them, so I use a small wooden rolling pin. It works very well.
- Don’t crush the mint too much; just bruise it to help it release its oils.
- Add gin and some ice.
- Thinly slice the cucumber and place 3-4 slices into each glass.
- Add the remaining lime slices as well.
- Fill with club soda or sparkling water.
- Adjust the taste. You can add more sugar, lime juice, or alcohol.
- Decorate with more mint.
Check out more mint recipes: Basil Mint Pesto, Mint Chimichurri, or Mint Yogurt Sauce.
Tips to make in a pitcher
- Scale the recipe as required.
- Make sure you can estimate how many servings will fit inside. My pitcher holds about 8 servings.
- Use a larger rolling pin to muddle the lime leaves and lime slices.
- Use a long wooden spoon to stir the ingredients.
- Adjust the amount of ice to ensure that everything else fits in the pitcher.
- You can use slightly fewer cucumber slices for such a large quantity. Again, adjust depending on the size of the pitcher.
- Only add ice and decoration mint leaves before serving.
How to serve?
- Serve the gin and mint cocktails immediately before the ice melts too much.
- You can make the mixture in advance but only add the ice and the decoration mint at the last moment.
More drinks
- Thermomix Baileys
- Boozy Butterbeer Recipe (Harry Potter-inspired)
- Creme de Cassis Recipe
- Baileys Hot Chocolate
- Honey Liqueur (with Brandy)
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Gin Mojito (with Mint)
Ingredients
- For 1 glass:
- 1 lime Note
- 2 teaspoons fine white sugar more to taste
- 8-10 mint leaves depending on size + more for decoration
- 50 ml gin 1.7 fl.oz/ scant ¼ cup
- 3-4 thin cucumber slices
- crushed ice
- club soda or sparkling water
- For 1 pitcher 8 servings:
- 8 limes
- 70 g fine white sugar ⅓ cup
- 80 leaves mint + more for decoration
- 400 ml gin 13.5 fl.oz/ 1 ¾ cup
- 24-32 thin cucumber slices
- crushed ice
- club soda or sparkling water
Instructions
- Prepare: Wash, dry, halve the lime and slice the halves. Place half of them in a glass or pitcher, depending on what you make.
- Add sugar and mint leaves.
- Muddle to release some of the lime juice and the mint flavors. Use a professional muddle or shaker if you have one. Otherwise, a small wooden rolling pin will do. Don’t crush the mint too much, just bruise it to help it release its oils.
- Add gin and stir to dissolve the sugar.
- Add ice.
- Thinly slice the cucumber and place 3 slices into each glass.
- Add the remaining lime slices.
- Fill with club soda or sparkling water.
- Adjust the taste. You can add more sugar, lime juice, or alcohol. Decorate with more mint.
- To make one pitcher, make sure that the pitcher is large enough to hold all the servings you are planning to make. Read the tips in the blog post and make the mojito as instructed above, just as you would make it in a glass.
Notes
- Use unwaxed and preferably organic limes, you will muddle them in the glass, and you don’t want the wax and other weird stuff in your drink. There will usually be a note on the bag of limes where you can read if the peel is suitable for consumption or not.
Sharon says
8oz of gin for one serving? 😬
Adina says
Oh, the conversion is wrong. 50 ml are 1.7 fl.oz! Thank you for noticing.