# London Buck

Also known as the Gin Buck, this crisp London dry gin, lemon, and ginger-ale highball depends on cold, spice, and carbonation.

Strength: 15% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 15 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 90 ml [Ginger ale](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/ginger-ale.md) — Use very cold, freshly opened ginger ale.

## Glassware

Collins glass

## Garnish

- Lemon wedge

## Method

1. Fill a chilled Collins glass with cubed ice.
2. Add the gin and lemon juice, then the ginger ale.
3. Stir once gently to combine without losing carbonation.

## Related drinks

- [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.
- [Army & Navy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/army-and-navy.md): Orgeat replaces plain sugar in this gin sour, bringing almond richness and orange-flower perfume into a sharply structured, bitters-seasoned drink.
- [Humuhumunukunukuapua'a](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/humuhumunukunukuapua-a.md): Gin, pineapple, lemon, orgeat, and Peychaud's make Marcovaldo Dionysos's vivid modern tiki sour.
- [Silver Bullet](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/silver-bullet.md): London dry gin and lemon make a severe sour frame for kümmel’s clear, sweet caraway spice.
- [London Calling](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-calling.md): Fino sherry draws a saline, almond-dry line through this bright gin sour, with orange bitters and grapefruit peel extending its citrus without adding sweetness.
- [Breakfast Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/breakfast-martini.md): Fine-cut orange marmalade gives a taut gin sour fragrant peel oils, pithy bitterness, and a texture that no orange liqueur alone can supply.
- [Southside](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/southside.md): A clean gin sour made vivid and cooling with fresh lime and mint.
- [Bronx](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bronx.md): A bright, shaken Perfect Martini relative in which fresh orange gives gin and split vermouth a softer, juicy shape.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-buck
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/london-buck-6bb6187f.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/330/the-buck-gin-buck