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GIBSON

See Martini and substitute a cocktail onion for the olive.

Charles Gibson who created the “Gibon Girls”, enlisted the bartender at the Player’s Club to create a special cocktail. After several attempts, the bartender came up with a dry martini with small cocktail onions.

GIMLET

2 oz. Gin or Vodka

1 oz. Roses Lime Juice

Shake and strain into a small cocktail glass or serve over ice in an old fashioned glass. Garnish with lime wedge.

GIN COCKTAIL

Original Recipe:

2 oz. Tanqueray Gin

4 Dashes Angostura Bitters

2 Dashes Simple Syrup

Prepare in a rocks glass with ice. To prepare martini style, just chill and strain into a martini glass. Note: To prepare without simple syrup, just muddle the bitters with 1/2 tsp. of superfine sugar and 1 tbsp. of water in the bottom of the glass. Then add gin and ice. Garnish with a lemon peel.

GIN FIZZ

2 oz. Tanqueray Gin

3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

1 oz. Simple Syrup (or 1tsp. super fine sugar)

Shake and strain into a highball glass with ice. Fill with club soda. No garnish.

Note: The difference between the Fizz and a Collins is glass size and garnish. The Collins goes in a tall or “Collins” glass with a cherry and orange slice garnish.

GIN & IT

Modern recipe:

1 1/2 oz. of Gin

1 1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth

1 Dash Angostura Bitters

Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into an iced martini glass. Garnish with orange peel.

GIN RICKEY

Modern Recipe:

1 1/2 oz. Gin

1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice

5 oz. Club Soda

Mix all ingredients in a highball glass with ice.

GIN SLING

1 1/2 oz. Gin

1 oz. Sweet Vermouth

3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

1 oz. Simple Syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over ice into a collins glass and top with soda. Garnish with a spiral of lemon peel as in a Horse’s Neck cocktail.

GIN SOUR

2 oz. Gin

1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

1 oz. Simple Syrup*

Shake ingredients and strain into an iced rocks glass. Garnish with orange slice and maraschino cherry.

GLOGG

Traditional Swedish Holiday drink.- makes 6 servings

1 bottle of full bodied red wine

1/3 cup raisins

1/3 cup almonds, blanched

5 Cardamom, crushed

5 cloves, whole

1 cinnamon stick

1 peel of a small orange (yellow part orange)

*4 oz. vodka

sugar (to taste)

Mix together wine, raisins, almonds and spices. In a closed container, let the mixture stand in a closed container at room temperature for 24 hours. Before serving, heat the mixture and add vodka and sugar. Serve hot with a few raisins and blanched almonds in each cup.*Some recipes use cognac in place of vodka

GODFATHER/GODMOTHER

1 oz. Scotch/Vodka

1 oz. Amaretto

Pour over ice in a rocks glass.

GOLDEN CADILLAC

1oz. Galliano

1 oz. white Cacao

2 oz. Heavy Cream

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a small cocktail glass.

GOLDEN FIZZ

11/2 oz. Gin

1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

1/2 oz. Fresh Lime Juice

1 1/2 oz. Milk or Cream

1 Egg Yolk

1 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup

Shake the cream, egg, syrup, juice and Gin well with ice (when shaking egg drinks, shake longer and harder). Strain into a highball glass without ice and top with soda.

GREYHOUND

1 1/2 oz. Vodka and Grapefruit juice. Pour together into an iced highball glass.

GRASSHOPPER

1 oz. Green Menthe

1 oz. White Cacao

2 oz. Heavy Cream

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into small cocktail glass.