# Gin Daisy

This tall 1902-style Daisy brightens London dry gin with lime and grenadine, then opens the vivid pink sour over cracked ice with soda.

Strength: 15% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 15 ml [Fresh lime juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lime-juice.md)
- 15 ml [Grenadine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/grenadine.md)
- 45 ml [Soda water](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/soda-water.md) — Use very cold, highly carbonated soda water.

## Glassware

Highball glass

## Garnish

- Lime wheel — Use one thin wheel.
- Mint sprig — Clap the mint gently before placing it in the drink.

## Method

1. Shake the gin, lime juice, and grenadine with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled.
2. Strain into a chilled highball glass filled with cracked ice.
3. Add the soda water and stir once gently.

## Related drinks

- [Gin Rickey](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-rickey.md): The austere Washington highball brightens dry gin with fresh lime and cold soda, preserving the Rickey's defining absence of sugar.
- [Southside](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/southside.md): A clean gin sour made vivid and cooling with fresh lime and mint.
- [John Collins](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/john-collins.md): A cooling gin, lemon, and soda highball with gentle sweetness and plenty of ice.
- [Floradora](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/floradora.md): Raspberry, lime, and London dry gin lengthened with ginger ale make this Edwardian highball bright, fragrant, and far drier than its theatrical pink suggests.
- [Gin Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-fizz.md): A brisk gin and lemon highball lengthened with lively soda.
- [Pink Lady](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pink-lady.md): Gin and bonded apple brandy give this pink classic real force beneath tart lime, pomegranate, and a fine egg-white foam.
- [Monkey Gland](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/monkey-gland.md): Gin and fresh orange sharpened by absinthe and grenadine.
- [Humuhumunukunukuapua'a](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/humuhumunukunukuapua-a.md): Gin, pineapple, lemon, orgeat, and Peychaud's make Marcovaldo Dionysos's vivid modern tiki sour.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-daisy
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/gin-daisy-1715b8aa.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-296