Gin cocktails.

Got Gin on the shelf? Here are 19 cocktails you can make with it — classics and a few worth discovering. Pick one, see what else you need, and start pouring.

№ 54

Aviation

Gin, maraschino, lemon, and a whisper of crème de violette for that pale-sky hue. A pre-Prohibition classic that tastes like a floral, tart secret worth keeping.

2 oz Gin

0.5 oz Maraschino Liqueur

0.5 oz Creme de Violette

0.75 oz Lemon Juice

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№ 88

Bee's Knees

Gin, lemon, and honey syrup, shaken cold. A Prohibition-era trick for smoothing rough gin that outlived the bad gin entirely — bright, floral, and dead simple.

2 oz Gin

.75 oz Lemon Juice

.5 oz Honey Syrup

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№ 55

Bijou

Equal parts gin, sweet vermouth, and green Chartreuse, stirred and cherried. “Jewel” in French — herbal, boozy, and criminally underordered.

1.5 oz Gin

0.75 oz Green Chartreuse

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

2 dashes Orange Bitters

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№ 90

Clover Club

Gin, lemon, raspberry, and egg white, shaken to a pink cloud. Pre-Prohibition, unfairly forgotten, and prettier than it has any right to be.

1.5 oz Gin

0.5 oz Dry Vermouth

0.5 oz Lemon Juice

0.5 oz Raspberry Syrup

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№ 89

Corpse Reviver No 2

Gin, Lillet, orange liqueur, lemon, and an absinthe rinse. The hair-of-the-dog with a warning attached: four in swift succession, the Savoy noted, will “unrevive the corpse again.” Crisp, complex, and worth the risk.

1 dash Absinthe

1 oz Gin

1 oz Cointreau Orange Liqueur

1 oz Lillet

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№ 112

Desert Fizz

The Desert Fizz is a shaken gin cocktail made with Lemon Juice, Date Syrup, and Egg White, served in a collins.

2 oz Gin

1 oz Lemon Juice

3/4 oz Date Syrup

1 Egg White

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№ 85

French 75

Gin, lemon, sugar, and a Champagne top — named for a field gun because it hits accordingly. Elegant, effervescent, and stronger than it lets on.

1 oz Gin

1/2 oz Simple Syrup

1/2 oz Lemon Juice

3 oz Champagne

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№ 12

Gimlet

Gin and lime, sweetened and shaken cold. Spare, sharp, and citrus-forward — the Daiquiri’s gin-drinking sibling.

2 oz Gin

1 oz Lime Juice

1 oz Simple Syrup

dash Lime Wheel

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№ 51

Gin and Tonic

Gin, tonic, ice, and a lime or lemon — the highball that needs no introduction. Crisp, bitter, and only as good as the two things in it, so use good ones.

2 oz Gin

4 oz Tonic Water

dash Lime Wheel

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№ 61

Gin Martini

Gin and dry vermouth, stirred or shaken and served up with an olive or a twist. The most argued-over drink in the world — and yours to make exactly how you like it.

2 oz Gin

1 oz Dry Vermouth

2 dashes Orange Bitters

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№ 66

Hanky Panky Recipe

The Hanky Panky Recipe is a stirred gin cocktail made with Fernet Branca and Sweet Vermouth, served in a coupe.

1.5 oz Gin

.5 tsp Fernet Branca

1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth

dash Orange Peel

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№ 57

Last Word

Equal parts gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino, and lime — a Prohibition-era relic rescued from obscurity. Herbal, tart, and greater than the sum of its odd parts.

0.75 oz Gin

0.75 oz Green Chartreuse

0.75 oz Maraschino Liqueur

0.75 oz Lime Juice

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№ 50

Martinez

Gin, sweet vermouth, maraschino, and bitters — the Martini’s richer, older ancestor. Stirred, aromatic, and a lesson in where the classics came from.

1.5 oz Gin

0.75 oz Sweet Vermouth

0.25 oz Maraschino Liqueur

2 dashes Angostura bitters

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№ 52

Negroni

Equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, stirred over ice and crowned with orange. Bitter, bracing, and unapologetically adult — the aperitivo that turned “too bitter” into a compliment.

1 oz Gin

1 oz Campari

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

dash Orange Peel

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№ 87

Pegu Club

Gin, orange curaçao, lime, and bitters — the house drink of a colonial Burmese officers’ club, rescued into the modern canon. Dry, citrusy, and quietly excellent.

2 oz Gin

.75 oz Dry Curacao

.75 oz Lime Juice

1 dash Angostura bitters

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№ 91

Ramos Gin Fizz

Gin, citrus, cream, egg white, sugar, orange flower water, and soda — shaken until your arms give out. A cloud-soft New Orleans legend that earns every second of effort.

2 oz Gin

0.5 oz Lemon Juice

0.5 oz Lime Juice

0.5 oz Simple Syrup

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№ 86

Southside

In the shaker, and simple syrup and grab 5 mint leaves. Gently muddle to release oils. Add the rest of ingredients, add ice and shake until chilled. Double strain into coupe. Slap a mint sprig and garnish coupe.

2 oz Gin

.75 Simple Syrup

.75 Lime Juice

1 dash Orange Bitters

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№ 07

Tom Collins

Gin, lemon, sugar, and soda over ice in a tall glass — a sparkling gin sour built for a porch in July. Old, simple, and never not refreshing.

2 oz Gin

1 oz Lemon Juice

.5 oz Simple Syrup

4 oz Soda Water

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№ 48

Vesper Martini

Gin, vodka, and Lillet, shaken (not stirred) and served with a lemon twist. Bond’s own invention — bracingly strong and made to impress.

3 oz Gin

1 oz Vodka

0.5 oz Dry Vermouth

dash Lemon Peel

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