Gin Cocktails

43 recipes, including Bramble, Aperol Sour, Gin Mint Sour.

43 Gin cocktail recipes, with ingredients and how to make them.

  • Bramble — A simplified version made with high-quality blackberry jam.
  • Aperol Sour — An Aperol sour with egg white and drops of bitters on the foam.
  • Gin Mint Sour — A gin sour with muddled mint, egg white, and a double strain.
  • Fitzgerald (Classic) — A classic sour of gin, lemon, and aromatic bitters, double strained.
  • Maracugerald — A tropical take on the Fitzgerald, with passion fruit pulp and rich syrup to hold up the acidity.
  • Non-Alcoholic Fitzgerald — A Fitzgerald riff with zero-proof gin and a dash of bitters for aromatic structure.
  • Blackberry Limoncello Smash — A gin smash with muddled blackberries, limoncello, and sparkling water, double strained.
  • Glasco Fizz — A fizz of gin and strawberry syrup, lengthened with lime juice and sparkling water.
  • Balanced Negroni — A riff on the classic with more gin and less Campari and vermouth, stirred to put the spirit up front.
  • London Mule — A London take on the mule: gin and ginger-lime syrup, topped with sparkling water and finished with ginger foam.
  • La Sicília — A gin smash with pear-infused gin, green grapes, and basil, double strained.
  • Raspberry Jam Sour — A gin sour with raspberry jam and egg white: the jam sweetens and adds body, the egg white brings the foam.
  • Negroni Sour — The equal-parts Italian classic, shaken with lime, syrup, and egg white.
  • Tudo Efêmero — A short sour of Beerita Elétrica jambu gin, backed up with BEG gin and lemon.
  • Tom Collins — A long classic of gin, lemon juice, and syrup, topped with soda water.
  • Maré Baixa — A gin highball lengthened with cajuína and lime, with mint muddled in the glass.
  • Negroni — Equal-parts Italian classic: gin, Campari, and sweet red vermouth, stirred in a rocks glass.
  • Dry Martini — Stirred classic of gin and dry vermouth, ice-cold in the glass, with a lemon twist or an olive.
  • Gin & Tonic — Classic highball of gin topped with cold tonic, plenty of ice, and lemon.
  • French 75 — IBA classic of gin, lemon, and syrup, topped with champagne in a flute.
  • Coffee Negroni — A Negroni riff with coffee liqueur, less vermouth, and navel orange peel.
  • Blackberry Gin Fizz — Gin fizz with blackberry syrup and lemon, lengthened with soda water and topped with jam.
  • Jaboo & Tonic — Highball of gin and jabuticaba liqueur lengthened with tonic water and lemon.
  • Jaboo Negroni — An inverted Negroni: jabuticaba liqueur in place of vermouth, with small pours of gin and Campari and a tangerine twist.
  • Bee's Knees — A Prohibition sour: gin, lemon, and honey syrup, shaken and served up.
  • Gimlet — Classic of gin and lime, shaken and served ice-cold in a coupe, no ice.
  • Marajó — Highball of Beerita Elétrica jambu gin lengthened with ice-cold coconut water, lime, and mint.
  • Enzoni — A Negroni that met a sour: gin and Campari shaken with grapes, lemon, and syrup, over a big cube.
  • Coffee Enzoni — A dark Enzoni: gin, Campari, and coffee liqueur shaken with black grapes and lemon.
  • White Lady — IBA classic of gin, triple sec, and lemon, shaken and served up.
  • Long Island Iced Tea — IBA party classic: vodka, tequila, rum, gin, and Cointreau, lengthened with lemon, syrup, and a splash of cola.
  • Cosmonaut — Gin sour with raspberry jam in place of syrup, shaken and served up.
  • Gin Basil Smash — Jörg Meyer smash (Le Lion, 2008): gin, muddled basil, lemon, and syrup.
  • Pink Pony Club — Gin sour with strawberry syrup, lemon, and a touch of Campari, in a chilled glass.
  • Martinez — Ancestor of the Dry Martini: gin, sweet red vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and orange bitters, stirred and served up.
  • Cherry Amaretto Negroni — Equal-parts Negroni with cherry liqueur, amaretto, and Punt e Mes, stirred over a big cube.
  • Hanky Panky — Ada Coleman's stirred classic: gin, sweet red vermouth, and Fernet, served up chilled, with orange peel.
  • Gin Rickey — Dry highball of gin, lime juice, and soda water — no sugar, in a tall glass.
  • Vesper — Bond's classic: gin, vodka, and Cocchi Americano (or Lillet Blanc), stirred and served up.
  • Gin Honey Old Fashioned — Old Fashioned of barrel-aged gin, honey syrup, and aromatic bitters, stirred in a rocks glass.
  • Blackberry Garden Tonic — Gin and tonic with blackberry syrup and lemon, lengthened with tonic in a tall glass.
  • Velvet Pear Sour — Pear-infused gin sour with lemon and egg white, dry-shaken and double-strained into a coupe.
  • Golden Pear Honey Sour — Pear-infused gin sour with honey syrup and lemon, double-strained into a coupe.

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