Watermelon Keen

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz Broken Shed Vodka
• 1 oz Aperol
• 2 oz watermelon shrub (recipe follows)
• 0.25 oz mint simple syrup
• Garnish: 1 strawberry slice

Watermelon Shrub

• 5 cups fresh watermelon
• ⅓ cup clover honey
• ½ cup raw apple cider vinegar

Puree the watermelon in a blender until smooth. Pass through a fine mesh strainer, then mix with the clover honey and raw apple cider vinegar. Store in a glass jar and place in the fridge for a few days before impressing your friends with this unique cocktail. The shrub will last in the fridge a few weeks.

Directions

Stir all the ingredients over ice, then strain into a double rocks glass over 1 large ice cube. Garnish with a strawberry slice and congratulate yourself on a job well done.

Cocktail created by Queenstown Public House