Category: Gin

Pimm's Cup

7/4/2015

Ingredients.
2 oz. Pimm’s No. 1
1/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
Ginger ale
Garnish: cucumber

Method
In a Highball glass filled with ice add Pimms, lemon juice and ginger ale and stir. Garnish with a cucumber slice.

This British Classic can be rather sweet if you don't add the lemon juice. It will also sneak up on you rather quickly on a warm summer afternoon so be careful.

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The Kaitlyn Ginner

6/16/2015

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The Ginner

Ingredients:
2 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin
1-2 oz. Fresh Lemon juice
1 oz. Mint simple syrup
Seltzer water
Fresh mint leaves

Method:
Fill a shaker half full with ice. Add Gin, mint syrup and lemon juice. Next add 5-6 fresh mint leaves. Shake vigorously for 20 seconds, double strain into an ice filled Collins glass and top off with tonic or seltzer water. Last take one mint leaf and give it a good smack to release the oils and scent, then add it to the drink.

Note; Mint simple syrup is made by combining 1 part sugar and 1 part water along with a generous handful of mint leaves and boiling them for about ten minutes in a sauce pan. Let cool then strain into a container and refrigerate. This is a vital element to the cocktail and one that cannot be skimped on.

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Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

12/13/2013

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Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

Ingredients:
.75 oz Gin
.50 oz Bourbon
1.0 oz Lemon Juice
1.0 oz Sour Apple Pucker Schnapps
.50 oz Blue Curacao
.50 oz Simple Syrup (optional)
Lemons for garnish

Method:
Fill a Martini/Cocktail glass with Ice to chill it. (always first ). In a cocktail shaker half filled with ice add your Gin, Bourbon, Apple Schnapps, Blue Curacao, Lemon Juice, and simple syrup. Shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds. Strain into your chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a bit of lemon peel, twist the peel over the drink then run it around the rim quickly before dropping it in.

Mike found this recipe for the cocktail on Geek and Sundry by accident and shared it with me. After looking over the ingredients I was rather intrigued. The color of course catches the eye and I can actually imagine some odd alien being sipping one in a busy lounge in outer space.

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Gin Rickey

11/15/2013

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Ingredients:
1.5 - 2.0 Oz Gin (Bombay Sapphire)
Limes (for juice and garnish)
Tonic/Seltzer water
Ice

Method:
Fill a Highball/Collins glass with ice, squeeze the juice of half a lime into glass. Next add your gin and top off with tonic/seltzer water. With your bar spoon give the drink one quick stir before serving.

Garnish by dropping your squeezed lime shell into the glass also called "a lazy garnish".

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The Bronx Cocktail, it's not what you'd expect.

9/20/2013

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Da Bonx

Ingredients:
2 ounces London Dry Gin
.5 ounces Sweet Vermouth
.5 ounces Dry Vermouth
1 ounce fresh squeezed Orange Juice
Orange twist for garnish

Method:
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add gin, vermouth and orange juice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled cocktail or martini glass. Add an Orange twist for garnish (if you want to make the effort)

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The Tanqueray and Tonic, an all-time classic.

8/13/2013

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A simple work of art.

Ingredients:
1.5-2.0 oz Tanqueray Gin,
3-4.0 oz Tonic water
Lime wedge

Method: Fill glass with Ice, add Gin, then Tonic water, squeeze a lime wedge over the drink and add as garnish. Stir slightly so as to not flatten the carbonation and serve.

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Al Butler is the resident amateur bartender of Booze & Board Games. He tends to ramble on a bit, but cocktails always bring out his best.

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