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Martini
The "King of Cocktails"
2.5 oz dry gin
0.5 oz dry vermouth
dash orange bitters (optional)
Lemon twist or olives for garnishBee'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 garnishBox 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
Bronx
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 garnishThe 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 garnishThe 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
Ruby 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
all day cocktailFresh 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 garnishFrench 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
Negroni
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 garnishGin 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 limeRuby
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
Tom Collins
2 oz dry gin
0.75 oz lemon juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
Top with soda water
White 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)
Between 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
Small-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
Pink Gin
This "Pink" cocktail is not for the faint of heart
2 oz dry gin
2 dashes aromatic bitters:Angostura
Cowboy Martini
Gin heavy, but more approachable than a classic Martini
60 mL dry gin
10 mL simple syrup
dash orange bitters
mint leavesThe 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