London gin

Used in 5 recipes on RecipeWiki.

London dry gin is a style of gin, not a place of origin. It is a juniper-led spirit whose flavours all come from botanicals during distillation, with essentially nothing added afterwards except water. It tastes dry, piney and clean, often with citrus and coriander notes. It is the base of the Dry Martini and the Negroni, where it has to stand up to vermouth and a bitter aperitif, and of the Aviation, French 75 and Singapore Sling. Keep it at room temperature or in the freezer for martinis. Measure carefully, because a little extra changes the balance of a stirred drink.

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Recipes with london gin

Aviation — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Aviation

Gin, maraschino, lemon and a measure of violet liqueur that turns it the pale grey-blue the drink is named for.

15 minutesAmericanCitrus

Dry Martini — shot from directly overhead: gin and dry vermouth stirred down cold and served straight up

Dry Martini

Gin and dry vermouth stirred down cold and served straight up, with a lemon twist or an olive and nothing else in the way.

15 minutesBritishCocktails

French 75 — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

French 75

Gin, lemon and sugar lengthened with champagne — a sour that arrives in a flute and drinks far more easily than it should.

15 minutesCitrusCocktails

Negroni — shot from directly overhead: equal parts gin

Negroni

Equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari, stirred over ice and served with orange — the bitter aperitivo that needs no shaking and no adjusting.

15 minutesCocktailsDrinks

Singapore Sling — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Singapore Sling

Gin, cherry brandy and pineapple built long over ice — the hotel-bar drink that survived a century of people getting it wrong.

15 minutesCitrusCocktails