Gin Flashcards
Aviation
1 1/2 ounces London Dry Gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
2 dashes Maraschino liqueur
2 dashes Crème Yvette
Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with cherry or lemon peel
Bee’s Knees
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce honey
3/4 ounce lemon juice
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with twist of lemon
Clover Club
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce raspberry syrup
1 egg white
Preparation: Shake and strain into the glass. Double shaking or a dry shake may be used to create better texture.
Presentation: Cocktail coupe
Collins
Ingredients:
2 ounces bourbon or gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Chilled club soda
Preparation: Shake the spirit, lemon juice, and syrup with ice and strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with club soda.
Presentation: Highball or Collins glass, garnished with orange slice or cherry
Corpse Reviver No. 2
Ingredients:
3/4 ounce gin
3/4 ounce Cointreau
3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1 dash absinthe
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into the glass.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with cherry; the absinthe can be withheld and used to rinse glass
French 75
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
Champagne
Preparation: Shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice and strain into ice-filled glass or chilled flute. Top with Champagne.
Presentation: Highball glass or flute, garnished with lemon twist
Gibson
Ingredients:
2 1/2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with pearl onion
Gimlet
Ingredients:
2 ounces Plymouth Gin
3/4 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail glass, garnished with wedge of lime
Gin Fizz
Ingredients:
2 ounces gin
3/4 ounces lemon juice
3/4 ounces simple syrup
Soda water
Preparation: Combine the gin, lemon, and syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a Collins glass, without ice. Top with soda water.
Presentation: Collins glass
Gin Gin Mule
Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounce London Dry Gin
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce lime juice
Ginger beer
10 mint leaves
Preparation: Lightly muddle the mint in the base of a shaker. Add all of the liquid ingredients except the ginger beer. Add ice, shake, and strain into an ice-filled glass. Top with ginger beer.
Presentation: Highball glass, garnished with mint sprig, lime wedge, or slice of candied ginger
Gin Rickey
Ingredients:
2 ounces London Dry Gin
1 ounce lime juice
Soda water
Preparation: Build the ingredients in an ice-filled glass.
Presentation: Highball glass, garnished with lime rind
Greyhound
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Gin/Vodka
5 oz. Grapefruit Juice
Preparation: Serve over ice.
Presentation: Highball Glass
Last Word
Ingredients:
3/4 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Green Chartreuse
3/4 oz. Maraschino Liqueur
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass
Martini
Ingredients:
2.5 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
Presentation: Cocktail Glass, Olives or Lemon Peel
Negroni
Ingredients:
1 oz. Gin
1 oz. Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Campari
Preparation: Stir ingredients together with ice.
Presentation: Old Fashioned Glass, Orange Peel
