Looking to elevate your gin cocktail game beyond a gin and tonic? TABLE has curated seven essential gin cocktails that are both simple to make and guaranteed to impress. From refreshing classics to beloved favorites, these gin cocktails are your ticket to home bartending success.
Tasting Notes in Gin
The first thing to know is that all gin contains juniper berries. It’s a law: a neutral distilled spirit must be infused with juniper to be considered gin. The next thing to look for is the list of herbs, roots, spices, flowers, berries and other botanicals used by the distiller. Angelica root, coriander, and citrus peel are traditional. Modern distillers, however, wax poetic in their additions of pink peppercorns, cardamon seeds, exotic citrus, lavender, rosemary, and other flavorings. The goal is to create a subtle symphony on the palate which is sippapble on its own, or serves as a base for deliciously nuanced cocktails.
7 Easy, Classic, and Craft Gin Cocktails
Easy Gin and Jam Cocktail
A colorful, cheerful drink whose seductive charm comes from the bit of orange marmalade mixed into it. Garnish with edible flowers for an extra bit of style and aroma in the presentation.
Craft Gin and Tonic with Gin Mare
A Mediterranean twist on a bar favorite among gin cocktails, this Gin Mare concoction is sure to transport you to la dolce vita with its herbaceous flavor profile and citrus notes.
Gin Fizz with Rizz
Is rizz over? Maybe this slang term has had a moment that’s come and gone. But this decadent gin fizz certainly will make you feel charismatic and cool while drinking it.
Extra-Botanical Gin and Tonic, A Cocktail for Taurus
Earthy and grounded, just like the sign of Taurus. G&Ts are brimming with the lush botanicals the Earth sign will find comforting, and a well-crafted tonic is, like them, just the right amount of bitter.
Easy Blueberry French 75
Ok, it’s not actually blue, but it’s got blueberry simple syrup in it, and it’s an easy, classy drink. This French 75 will transport you, Emily in Paris-style, to a Paris vacation.
Gin Martini, A Cocktail For Virgo
A very, very Virgo pro tip: make a large batch of martinis ahead of time. Because a good Virgo plans way ahead, there is very likely a batch bottled up in their freezer, ready to pull out at a moment’s notice.
Orange Soda Gin Spritz
This citrus forward cocktail is incredibly refreshing with a beautiful balance of bitter and sweet. Toast to the end of summer or liven up your palate in the fall with an orange spritz.
Story by Emma Riva
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