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Mixology Recipes featuring Gin

Citadelle Dry Martini

  • 3 to 4 oz. Citadelle Gin
  • ⅓ oz. dry vermouth – Dolin recommended
  • 1 olive, or more to taste

DIRECTIONS

Stir gin and vermouth with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a chilled Martini glass, add olive and serve.

Gimlet

  • 2 oz. Roxor Gin
  • ¾ oz. fresh lime juice
  • ¾ oz. simple syrup
  • lime wedge for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in the gin, lime juice and simple syrup. Stir vigorously with a long cocktail spoon until very cold. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass, garnish with lime and serve.

Negroni

  • 1 oz. Hendrick's Gin
  • 1 oz. Campari
  • 1 oz. Antica Formula Sweet Vermouth

DIRECTIONS

Stir with ice to combine. Strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Gin Fizz

  • 2 oz. Citadelle Gin
  • ½ oz. St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
  • 4 oz. La Gioiosa Prosecco
  • Garnish: mint leaves, cucumber

DIRECTIONS

Add gin and elderflower liqueur to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a stemless wine glass and top with Prosecco. Garnish with mint leaves and/or cucumber slices.

Tom Collins

  • 1½ oz. Roxor Gin
  • 1 oz. lemon juice
  • ½ oz. simple syrup
  • club soda
  • lemon slice for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Pour gin, lemon juice and simple syrup in a Collins glass with ice and stir with a long bar spoon until well combined. Top with club soda and garnish with lemon.

The Leap Year Cocktail

  • 2 oz. Citadelle Gin
  • ¾ oz. Grand Marnier orange liqueur
  • ½ oz. Punt E Mes sweet vermouth
  • ¾ tsp. fresh lemon juice
  • lemon twist

DIRECTIONS

Add all ingredients in a shaker over ice. Shake gently for about 30 seconds.

Strain into a pre-chilled coupe glass. Garnish with lemon twist.

Verde Gimlet

  • 1 oz. Ancho Reyes Verde
  • 1 oz. Hendrick's Gin
  • 1 oz. lime
  • ½ oz. simple syrup
  • cucumber, sliced into wheels

DIRECTIONS

Add all ingredients to shaker, add ice, and shake hard to chill and dilute. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a cocktail coupe, then garnish with a cucumber wheel.

Yellow Submarine

  • 1 ½ oz. ROXOR gin
  • 1 ½ oz. grapefruit juice
  • ½ oz. St. Germain elderflower liqueur
  • ½ oz. sweet & sour mix
  • Optional:
  • 1 slice grapefruit
  • 2 sprigs rosemary

DIRECTIONS

Add all ingredients to a shaker, fill with ice and shake. Double strain into a well-chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the grapefruit slice and rosemary (optional).

Blackberry Basil Gimlet

  • 2 oz Barr Hill Gin
  • ¾ oz lime juice
  • ¼ oz simple syrup
  • 4-5 fresh basil leaves
  • 3-4 fresh blackberries

DIRECTIONS

Place the basil leaves and blackberries in a cocktail shaker and using a muddler or the back of a wooden spoon, smash the blackberries gently. Fill the shaker with ice and top with the lime juice, simple syrup and gin. Shake to chill and double strain into a coup. Garnish with berry and basil leaf.

Pomegranate Martini

  • 1 oz. pomegranate juice
  • 1 oz. Citrus Vodka
  • 1 oz. Citadelle Gin
  • 1 oz. Cointreau Liqueur
  • 1 cup ice
  • squeeze of lemon, plus lemon wedge for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Shake ingredients in a shaker and pour in chilled martini glass. Put pomegranate fruit into glass as garnish with lemon wedge.

Lillet Rosé Martini

 

  • 1 oz. Lillet Rosé
  • 1 oz. Ketel One Vodka
  • 1 oz. Hendrick’s Gin
  • lemon twist
  • 2 fresh strawberries
  • frozen blueberries and raspberries

DIRECTIONS

Muddle 1 fresh strawberry in bottom of shaker and fill with ice. Add lemon twist, Lillet Rosé, vodka, and gin and shake mixture hard until the shaker is cold and frosted. Double strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with fresh strawberry slice, and float a few frozen berries on top of cocktail.

The Peppered Pineapple

  • 2 oz. Plymouth Jalapeño Gin
  • 1 oz. Rosemary Simple Syrup
  • 2 oz. lime juice
  • 2 oz. fresh pineapple juice

DIRECTIONS

Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously until shaker is cold to touch. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a thin slice of pineapple and a sprig of rosemary. Float a jalapeño slice on top for an extra kick.

Something Tasty

  • 1 oz. Bombay Sapphire Gin  
  • ½ oz. Dolin Blanc Vermouth   
  • ¼ oz. Cointreau  
  • ½ oz. Campari
  • garnish: lemon or orange twist

DIRECTIONS

Stir all the ingredients with ice until well chilled and diluted, about 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled glass. Express citrus oil from a large piece of peel onto the cocktail. Garnish with a twist.

French 75

  • 1 lemon
  • 1 ½ oz. Citadelle Gin
  • 1 ½  Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp. simple syrup
  • 1 cup ice cubes
  • ¼ cup Gloria Ferrer Brut, chilled

DIRECTIONS

Use a zester to peel long lemon strips into a thin spiral. Reserve lemon for another use and set peel aside. In cocktail shaker, combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Add ice and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into chilled glass and top with sparkling wine. Curl lemon peel around finger to create twist. Garnish drink with twist and serve immediately.

Grapefruit Negroni

  • 1½ oz. Citadelle Gin
  • 1 oz. grapefruit juice
  • 1 oz. Dolin Sweet Vermouth
  • ½ oz. Cappelletti
  • 1 long wide slice of grapefruit peel

DIRECTIONS

Fill an old fashioned glass with ice, curl the grapefruit peel around the inside of the glass and set aside. Squeeze the grapefruit and add to a shaker. Add the remaining ingredients and fill with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into the prepared glass.

Sparkling Pimm's Cocktail

  • 1 ½ oz. Pimm’s Cup #1
  • 1 oz. Giffard Crème de Mure Blackberry Liqueur
  • ½ oz. Hendrick’s Gin
  • dash Fee Brothers Aromatic Bitters
  • 2 oz. English Style Lemonade
  • 2 oz. La Gioiosa Prosecco

DIRECTIONS

Mix all ingredients and pour over ice into a cocktail glass. Garnish with cucumber spear, blackberries, and a rosemary sprig.