ABOUT AXEL KLUBESCHEIDT

The 33-year-old bartender has worked as a bar manager and partner in the FCUK Yoga Bar in Essen for the past three years. As one of the first contacts for bar culture in the Ruhr area, he and his colleagues founded the ‘Barzirkel Ruhrgebiet’ to stimulate and permanently establish the bar and cocktail culture in the pub mecca in Ruhr. Axel moved to the Black Forest in September, where Monkey 47 gin is made. The inventor of the Le Gurk cocktail, he’s also the winner of the Mixology Bar Award’s Brand Ambassador 2018.

MY SECRET GIN RECIPE

The Le Gurk cocktail. It’s already a neo classic.

Ingredients

• Cucumber (1/8)
• Gin (4 cl)
• Sugar syrup (1 cl)
• St. Germain elderflower liqueur (2 cl)
• Lemon juice (2 cl)
• Apple juice (4 cl)
• Ice cubes

Preparation

• Put the cucumber, sugar syrup and lemon juice in a shaker
• Grind (crush) the ingredients
• Add the remaining ingredients with a few ice cubes
• Shake everything vigorously for about 20 seconds
• Strain the drink into a tall glass or tumbler
• Decorate with one or two cucumber slices