Purple Reign 75
Purple is the color or royalty, and the color of everyone’s favorite floral liqueur, Crème de Violette. The Purple Reign 75 is a royal play on the classic French 75, and expertly layers gin, lemon, violets, and bubbles. And also, Prince is amazing. This lovely recipe calls for Prosecco, those lovely Italian bubbles. They tend to be more floral than champagne or cava, and thus a bit sweeter. If you…
The Gintermission
This gorgeous gin cocktail takes it’s inspiration from the Opening Act cocktail, becoming the Gintermission. The opening act artfully pairs ginger and Campari flavors with club soda. This version ditches the club soda in favor of gin. The beauty of this drink is the ever so subtle Campari bitterness on the tongue. The other fruit and ginger flavors are equally subtle and make for a delightful and colorful way to…
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The Violette 75
Flower lovers unite, the Violette 75 is for you. There’s no reason to think that gin and bubbles should only be confined to a traditional French 75. It’s time to mix things up while keeping the citrus and the fizz. This recipe teeters on the edge of super sweet. The Violette 75 can easily topple into the category of “tastes like PURPLE” if you are not careful. While the color…
The Key West Side
Yes, this delicious gin drink has a super corny name. When playing around with recipes for the South Side I found it fitting to try it with limes, instead of lemons. Crazy. The only limes I had were key limes, so I just rolled with it, hence the Key West Side. Key limes are typically extra tart, although many “grocery” store limes that rival lemons in size can sometimes be…
Arsenic and Old Lace Cocktail
This version of Arsenic and Old Lace is a cocktail, not a movie. You may recall the old film of the same name, with Cary Grant in the lead. This gin cocktail takes less time to make and enjoy than watching an oldie, but goodie. This cocktail is also fairly absinthe forward, which means you might end up getting punched with more licorice flavor than you know what to do…
The Mae Rose
Yes, another pink drink, courtesy of our favorite bitter flavoring, Campari. The Mae Rose is a delightfully complicated drink, with hints of wonderful grapefruit. It’s also wickedly strong, and makes for a wonderful cocktail to sip. This cocktail is usually served with a grapefruit twist to play off the Pamplemousse in the recipe. I used a sweetened and partially dried lemon slice to balance the bitter flavors from the Campari.…
The South Side
The beauty of this recipe is the simplicity of the South Side. And the “texture” that you get from using fresh lemons, added to the punch of fresh mint. There is much variation in the exact recipe for a South Side, or Southside, depending on where you look. Some recipes call for citrus, some specify lemon juice, some suggest lime juice. I learned this drink with lemon, which is how…
The Pink Hussy 75
This drink, the Pink Hussy 75, happened because I invited some friends over for a French 75 Roulette brunch. Basically we just mixed gin and juice and some liqueurs and topped it off with bubbly things. You can thank Andrea for coming up with this one, and it’s name (ahem). It’s sweet, but not too sweet. The grapefruit really cuts the Pavan, and you can always use less when you…
The Hanky Panky
A few things about the Hanky Panky. It’s ridiculously named. Fernet-Branca is an ingredient, and it’s a weird one. Like, SUPER WEIRD. More on that later. This classic gin cocktail is rooted in London at the Savoy, but not by our friend Harry. Although he did list this recipe in his book, the true credit for this drink belongs to Ada Coleman. Bless her for finding a way to make…
