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Top 10 easy gin cocktails
Use up a bottle of dry gin with our easiest ever cocktail ideas. This versatile spirit can be used in everything from classic ...
Buttery Castelvetrano olives are soaked in gin, vermouth, and lemon peel strips so they take on a botanical, Martini-like flavor, then the boozy brine is processed with a creamy blue cheese base.
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10 gin & tonics with a twist
Bored of the same old gin & tonic? Try these 10 ways to spruce up your old favourite, transforming it from an average tipple ...
Properly constructed, a Martinez is plush with Italian vermouth but still prickly with gin, enjoying the diamond-clarity of a Martini but with the silken luxuriousness of a Manhattan. More than ...
For dry vermouth, we prefer Noilly Prat. For gin, we lean towards Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, Beefeater or Ford's Gin; you want it around 94-proof. James Bond drank Martinis. We're not sure if you ...
The Negroni is finally having the moment it deserves. The cocktail — traditionally made with gin, Campari and sweet vermouth ...
While nobody will fault you for making your martini with vodka, an “authentic” martini is made with gin and vermouth and often has an olive and/or lemon twist garnish. It’s simple ...
Pour the vermouth, Campari, and gin into a rocks glass filled with ice. Stir 15–20 seconds well until chilled. Garnish with an orange peel and an olive. About this recipe Vermouth Preparado ...
What’s the worst letter you’ve ever received from an order of monks? I’ll go first. So when the Carthusian monks—the order of silent French monks who make Chartreuse, coaxing dark herbal ...