Gin Cocktails
731 recipes. Juniper, citrus and botanicals: the most mixable spirit there is.
Gin is the most versatile bottle on a home bar, and the reason is that it was built to be mixed. Juniper gives it a piney backbone, the citrus peel and botanicals around it change with the brand, and none of it needs age to taste finished. That is why more classic cocktails call for gin than for anything else.
Three families cover almost everything. Stirred and bitter: the Martini and the Negroni, spirit-forward, served cold and short. Sours: the Gimlet and the Bee's Knees, gin plus citrus plus something sweet, shaken. And long drinks: the Gin and Tonic and the Tom Collins, where the gin is a tenth of the glass and the rest is length.
If you are buying one bottle, buy a London Dry. It is the style every classic recipe was written for, and a contemporary gin that leads with cucumber or rose will quietly change the drink.
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The ones worth knowing before the rest.
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What a second bottle opens up.
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- Golden Daze Gin, Peach Brandy, Orange Juice
- Grand Royal Fizz Orange Juice, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Grass Skirt Gin, Triple Sec Liqueur, Pineapple Juice
- Hong Kong Fizz Vodka, Gin, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Mayfair Gin, Apricot Brandy, Orange Juice
- Pink Rose Fizz Gin, Soda Water, Light Cream
- Silver Bronx Gin, Orange Juice, Dry Vermouth
- Wiseguy Tuaca(R) Liqueur, Bombay Sapphire(R) Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Last Word Gin, Green Chartreuse Liqueur, Luxardo(R) Maraschino Liqueur
- Cardinale Gin, Dry Vermouth, Campari(R) Bitter
- Gin Basil Smash Gin, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
Worth reading
- Shake or Stir? The Rule and Its Exceptions Shake anything cloudy, stir anything clear. The rule takes one line, and knowing why it works tells you what to do with the drinks it does not cover.
- The First Five Bottles for a Home Bar Buy for coverage, not for variety. Five bottles chosen this way make more drinks than ten chosen one favourite at a time.
