Inspired by Richard Godwin's Pin which is the same recipe but with pineapple instead of watermelon.

As Godwin points out this would make a great template for any long fruit drink.

Context

Dirty, sweaty, and misquito bitten, from digging the trench to run power out to the sauna. I wanted something as refreshing as a Tom Collins.

There was watermelon leftover from earlier in the week where, on a hot lazy afternoon, we laid on the deck to sun and ate cherries, mangos, and watermelon.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz gin
• 3/4 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 1 1/2 oz watermelon juice (placed chunks in blender and strained thru a fine mesh strainer)
• ~2oz seltzer
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• Garnish: mint sprig (if you have it)

Instructions

TL;DR Top with seltzer, one stir, splash bitters, garnish

• Add all ingredients except seltzer and bitters to a shaker with ice
• Shake until chilled
• Dbl Strain into a Collins glass with ice
• Top with seltzer
• Give that a stir
• Splash bitters
• Garnish with mint sprig

References

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Sours

At first, I had leftover watermelon and quickly made a Watermelon Long with it.