29 recipes

Gin cocktail recipes

Gin is the least forgiving base spirit in a home bar. It is aromatic enough that a 5 ml error reads immediately — a Dry Martini poured heavy on vermouth is a different drink, not a slightly different one — and most gin classics are built on ratios rather than on a dominant flavour to hide behind.

That is why gin drinks are the best argument for weighing. Gin sits at about 0.94 g/ml, so 30 ml weighs 28.2 g; sweet vermouth is 1.05 g/ml and the same 30 ml weighs 31.5 g. Those two errors run in opposite directions, and a jigger cannot tell you about either. Every recipe below gives you both numbers.

Negroni

Equal parts gin, vermouth, Campari. Stir over ice.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 27%

Dry Martini

Gin-forward, cold, and elegant. The ratio is everything.

2 ingredients · 90 ml · 36.3%

Bijou

Gin, sweet vermouth, and Green Chartreuse. Jewel-bright.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 37%

Gimlet

Gin and lime, properly balanced. Shaken or stirred.

3 ingredients · 97 ml · 24.7%

Bee's Knees

Prohibition-era classic. Honey and lemon make gin shine.

3 ingredients · 104 ml · 23.1%

Clover Club

Pre-Prohibition gin sour with raspberry and egg white. Pink and frothy.

4 ingredients · 112 ml · 18.3%

Last Word

Equal parts gin, Chartreuse, maraschino, lime. Perfectly balanced.

4 ingredients · 90 ml · 31.8%

Tom Collins

Gin, lemon, sugar — topped with soda. The definitive highball.

4 ingredients · 172 ml · 10.5%

French 75

Gin, lemon, sugar, topped with Champagne. Artillery-strength.

4 ingredients · 172 ml · 10.5%

Bramble

Dick Bradsell's London gin sour with blackberry drizzle.

4 ingredients · 97 ml · 21.1%

Angel Face

Equal parts gin, apricot brandy and Calvados.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 34.7%

Aviation

Gin, maraschino, lemon and a whisper of crème de violette.

4 ingredients · 80 ml · 29.8%

Casino

Gin sharpened with maraschino, lemon and orange bitters.

4 ingredients · 61 ml · 31.9%

Gin Fizz

Gin, lemon and sugar shaken hard and topped with soda.

4 ingredients · 165 ml · 10.9%

Hanky Panky

Gin and sweet vermouth with a bracing dash of Fernet-Branca.

3 ingredients · 97.5 ml · 28.8%

Martinez

The Martini's sweeter ancestor: gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino.

4 ingredients · 96 ml · 28.2%

Monkey Gland

Gin and orange juice with absinthe and grenadine.

4 ingredients · 86 ml · 24%

Paradise

Gin, apricot brandy and orange juice. Silky and fruity.

3 ingredients · 70 ml · 26.9%

Ramos Gin Fizz

Gin, citrus, cream and egg white whipped to a cloud, topped with soda.

7 ingredients · 185 ml · 9.7%

Tuxedo

A dry Martini dressed up with maraschino, absinthe and orange bitters.

5 ingredients · 65 ml · 29.6%

White Lady

Gin, triple sec and lemon. Crisp and elegant.

3 ingredients · 90 ml · 27.8%

Corpse Reviver #2

Equal parts gin, triple sec, Lillet and lemon with an absinthe rinse.

5 ingredients · 121 ml · 22.1%

Singapore Sling

Gin, cherry liqueur and a tropical chorus of juice and liqueurs.

8 ingredients · 206 ml · 10.3%

Vesper

Gin and vodka with Lillet Blanc. Bond's own Martini.

3 ingredients · 82.5 ml · 37.9%

Gin Basil Smash

Gin, lemon and sugar smashed with a fistful of fresh basil.

4 ingredients · 86 ml · 23.8%

South Side

A gin sour with mint — a Mojito's uptown cousin, straight up.

4 ingredients · 91 ml · 22.5%

Suffering Bastard

Gin and brandy with lime and bitters, topped with ginger beer.

5 ingredients · 176 ml · 13.9%

Rooibos Gin & Tonic

A Cape G&T — gin with chilled rooibos tea and tonic, warm amber and gently earthy.

3 ingredients · 200 ml · 10%

Fynbos Gin & Tonic

A botanical G&T built on Cape fynbos gin, finished with a sprig from the veld.

2 ingredients · 200 ml · 10.8%

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