# London Cocktail

London dry gin is subtly sweetened and sharpened with absinthe, orange bitters, lemon oils, and an olive.

Strength: 39% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 2.5 ml [Rich simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/rich-simple-syrup.md) — Use a two-to-one syrup by weight.
- 3 dashes [Absinthe](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/absinthe.md)
- 3 dashes [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Green olive — Use exactly one olive.

## Method

1. Stir all ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass and add the olive.
3. Express a lemon peel over the surface and discard the peel.

## Related drinks

- [Southside](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/southside.md): A clean gin sour made vivid and cooling with fresh lime and mint.
- [Poet's Dream](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/poets-dream.md): Mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters perfume a lean two-to-one gin Martini in the restrained 1937 Café Royal form.
- [White Cargo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/white-cargo.md): Equal measures of London dry gin and vanilla ice cream become a stark, silky Savoy-era dessert drink with no ice, garnish, or disguise.
- [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.
- [Gordon’s Breakfast](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gordons-breakfast.md): Gin, muddled lime and cucumber, sugar, Worcestershire, hot sauce, salt, and pepper make a vivid non-tomato savoury cocktail with breakfast-table nerve.
- [Puritan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/puritan.md): A dry, herbal Martini variation in which Yellow Chartreuse rounds gin and vermouth without taking over.
- [Hearst Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hearst-cocktail.md): An equal-parts sweet Martini where aromatic and orange bitters put a dark, spiced edge around dry gin and fresh Italian-style vermouth.
- [Gimlet](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gimlet.md): A taut two-part classic concentrating dry gin and preserved lime into a piercing, bittersweet drink.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/london-cocktail-feea3844.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/1185/london-cocktail