Gin based drinks
Very approximately, 1 shot = 1 oz = 3 cl = 30 grams, see also vodka based drinks & coctail recipes
Perfect Gin & Tonic
- Get a long, tall, cold glass. Known as a Slim Jim.
- Fill the glass with ice cubes, not just a couple in the bottom, but fill it to the brim!
- Pour in a generous measure of gin, a double at least.
- Top up to just below the brim with cold tonic water. The tonic will settle the ice cubes down a bit further in the glass.
- Take a segment of lime, not a slice, and squeeze it gently into the glass, then wipe the lime segment around the brim before dropping it into the glasss.
- Stir the drink with a swizzle stick.
- Drink.
Today's modern 'standard' G&T, served in most pubs, contains about 25ml gin and 150ml tonic. Most connoisseurs consider this to be too weak, however, and generally buy a 'double' (ie, containing 50ml of gin). A dash of Angostura bitters may also be added to produce so-called pink gin.
Greyhound
- 1 1/2 oz Gin
- 5 oz Grapefruit juice
Pour ingredients into a highball glass over ice cubes. Stir well and serve. (Vodka may be substituted for gin, if preferred.)
Gimlet (Correct)
- 1 part Gin
- 1 part Rose's Lime Juice
Fill the glass to 2/3 with ice cubes. Shake the gin and lime and pour into the glass.
Serve in old-fashioned glass
Gin And It
- 2 oz Gin
- 1 oz Sweet Vermouth
Stir gin and vermouth in a cocktail glass. (No ice is used in this drink.)
Dick Deming Martini
- 2 oz Gin
- 0.5 oz White wine
Mix. Pretend it's a martini. Plastic glasses are the best for this beast.
Bull's sweat
- 1 part Sloe gin
- 1 part Tabasco sauce
just mix, shake and pour.
Gin And Bitter Lemon
- 1 1/2 oz Gin
- 1/2 oz Lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp superfine Sugar
- 4 oz Tonic water
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes. Top with the tonic water.
Double Brit
- 1 oz Tanqueray Gin
- 1 oz Single malt Scotch
Pour each ingredient into a double shot glass, they will mix by themselves. Shoot.
More great ideas
Lone Tree Cocktail
- 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
- 1 1/2 oz Gin
Stir ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
Fifty-fifty Cocktail
- 1 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
- 1 1/2 oz Gin
Stir ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
In and Out Martini
- 1 splash Dry Vermouth
- 4 fingers Gin
Pack Cocktail glass with ice, add a splash of dry vermouth. While glass chills, add 4 fingers of Gin in a mixer of ice. Throw away ice/vermouth in cocktail glass then strain in Gin.
Gin and Juice
- 2 oz Gin
- 2 oz Grapefruit Juice
- 3 oz Orange Juice
- 1 slice Lime
Measure ice into a cocktail shaker with a highball glass. Add ingredients and shake well. Pour into highball glass and garnish with a slice of lime.
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