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martini glassMartini

The "King of Cocktails"

2.5 oz dry gin

0.5 oz dry vermouth

dash orange bitters (optional)

Lemon twist or olives for garnish
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 glassBee's Knees

Gin sour with honey

1.5 oz dry gin

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz honey syrup

2 dashes lavender bitters (optional)

Orange twist for garnish
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 glassBox Car

Gin cousin to the Sidecar

1.5 oz dry gin

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.5 oz simple syrup

0.125 oz Grenadine

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 glassBronx

It was ranked number three in "The World's 10 Most Famous Cocktails in 1934" after the Martini and Manhattan

1.5 oz dry gin

1.5 oz orange juice

0.5 oz sweet vermouth

0.5 oz dry vermouth

Orange zest for garnish
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 glassThe Panky Hanky

Riff on the Savoy classic, utilizing a bigger herbal punch of Fernet

1.5 oz dry gin

1.5 oz Fernet

1 oz sweet vermouth

dash orange bitters

Mint sprig for garnish
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 glassThe Fitzgerald

Bitters add roundness and subtle complexity

1.5 oz dry gin

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz simple syrup

2 dashes aromatic bitters

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collins glassRuby Fizz*

Sarah Andrews wanted something, "Fruity but, like, classy?" This is what I came up with

2 oz dry gin

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz cranberry juice

0.25 oz simple syrup

Top with soda water

*Schubar original

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 glassFresh Lime Gimlet

Simple and sharp, it lets the gin shine

1.5 oz dry gin

0.75 oz lime juice

0.25 oz simple syrup

Fresh mint sprig or cucumber slice for garnish
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flute glassFrench 75

An early form was created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris. The combination was said to have such a kick that it felt like being shelled with the powerful French 75mm field gun

1.5 oz dry gin

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz simple syrup

3 oz Champagne

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rocks glassNegroni

First mixed in Florence, 1919, at the request of Count Camillo Negroni

3 cL dry gin

3 cL Campari

3 cL sweet vermouth

Orange peel or slice for garnish
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collins glassGin Rickey

Versatile longdrink format, with many simple variants

2 oz dry gin

0.75 oz lime juice

Top with soda water

Squeezed shell of 1/2 a lime
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 glassRuby

From Longroad, showcasing their barrel aged gin and all-Michigan cherry liqueur

1 oz dry gin

0.75 oz sweet vermouth

0.5 oz cherry liqueur

dash aromatic bitters

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collins glassTom Collins

2 oz dry gin

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.5 oz simple syrup

Top with soda water

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 glassWhite Lady

This gin sidecar has disputed origins, showing up early in both the Savoy and Harry's New York Bar by 1930

1.5 oz dry gin

0.75 oz orange liqueur

0.75 oz lemon juice

one egg white (optional)

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 glassBetween the Sheets

Popular Prohibition era "sexy cocktail"

0.75 oz brandy

0.75 oz dry gin

0.75 oz orange liqueur

0.75 oz lemon juice

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 glassSmall-Dinger

Originates at a small, dockside Florida bar

1 oz white rum

1 oz dry gin

0.5 oz lime juice

0.5 oz Grenadine

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 glassPink Gin

This "Pink" cocktail is not for the faint of heart

2 oz dry gin

2 dashes aromatic bitters:Angostura

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 glassCowboy Martini

Gin heavy, but more approachable than a classic Martini

60 mL dry gin

10 mL simple syrup

dash orange bitters

mint leaves
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martini glassThe Vampire

The missing link between modern and ancestral martini styles

1.5 oz dry gin

1.5 oz dry vermouth

5 drops lime juice

Lime twist (or garlic clove, to keep away the namesake) for garnish
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