# Gin

A spirit flavoured with juniper berries so that juniper remains its predominant taste.

Parent category: [Spirit](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/spirit.md)

Alcohol: 40% ABV

## Types

- [Dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/dry-gin.md): 40% ABV. Gin made with no more than a trace of added sweetening.
- [Old Tom gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/old-tom-gin.md): 40% ABV. A traditional gin style with a rounder, gently sweeter profile than London dry gin.
- [Plymouth gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/plymouth-gin.md): 41.2% ABV. An English gin style historically made in Plymouth, with rounded juniper, citrus, earthy roots, and gentle spice.

## Cocktails

- [50/50 Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/50-50-martini.md): An equal-parts Martini that lets fresh dry vermouth share the foreground with gin, lifted by orange bitters.
- [Agua de Valencia](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/agua-de-valencia.md): Fresh Valencian orange, gin, vodka, and Cava make this late-1950s Café Madrid original deceptively bright, dry, and celebratory.
- [Angel Face](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/angel-face.md): An equal-parts blend of gin, apricot brandy, and apple-rich Calvados.
- [Aviation](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/aviation.md): A floral gin sour with maraschino, lemon, and the violet hue of crème de violette.
- [Bee's Knees](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bees-knees.md): Gin, lemon, and honey form a spare Prohibition-era sour whose floral softness makes a useful counterpoint to the whiskey-based Gold Rush.
- [Bijou](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bijou.md): An equal-parts classic pairing gin with powerful Green Chartreuse and sweet vermouth.
- [Cardinale](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cardinale.md): A lean, dry Negroni relative pairing gin and dry vermouth with a measured dose of Campari.
- [Clover Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/clover-club.md): A vivid raspberry gin sour softened by a small measure of egg white.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 2](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-2.md): An equal-parts gin sour combining Cointreau, Lillet Blanc, lemon, and a bracing dash of absinthe.
- [Dry Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/dry-martini.md): An ice-cold, spirit-forward pairing of gin and dry vermouth.
- [Enzoni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/enzoni.md): A bittersweet gin sour that folds muddled green grapes into the structure of a Negroni.
- [French 75](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-75.md): A sparkling gin sour lengthened with Champagne.
- [Gin Basil Smash](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-basil-smash.md): Fresh basil is muddled through Jörg Meyer's bright 2008 gin sour, making vivid green aroma a structural ingredient.
- [Gin Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gin-fizz.md): A brisk gin and lemon highball lengthened with lively soda.
- [John Collins](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/john-collins.md): A cooling gin, lemon, and soda highball with gentle sweetness and plenty of ice.
- [Last Word](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/last-word.md): An equal-parts gin sour combining herbal green Chartreuse and maraschino with sharp lime.
- [Leche de Pantera (Spanish)](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/leche-de-pantera-spanish.md): Gin, cold whole milk, and sweetened condensed milk shake into a rich Spanish cooler dusted with cinnamon.
- [Lucien Gaudin](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/lucien-gaudin.md): A lean, orange-scented gin cocktail whose dry vermouth and Cointreau sharpen Campari's bittersweet centre.
- [Negroni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/negroni.md): A gin-led union of Campari and sweet vermouth.
- [Obituary](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/obituary.md): A bone-dry gin Martini transformed by a small, haunting measure of absinthe.
- [Paradise](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/paradise.md): A fruit-led gin sour with apricot brandy and fresh orange.
- [Ramos Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ramos-fizz.md): An airy gin fizz enriched with cream, citrus, egg white, and floral notes.
- [Satan’s Whiskers](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/satans-whiskers.md): The straight Savoy branch splits its gin with both vermouths and fresh orange, then deepens the compact, bittersweet result with Cognac-based Grand Marnier.
- [Saturn](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/saturn.md): A rare gin-led tiki classic, vivid with passion fruit and lemon and rounded by small measures of falernum and almond-rich orgeat.
- [Singapore Sling](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/singapore-sling.md): The modern Raffles branch folds gin, cherry, orange, Bénédictine, bitters, and grenadine through fresh pineapple and lime into a long, foaming tropical classic.
- [Suffering Bastard](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/suffering-bastard.md): Joe Scialom's wartime Cairo highball, joining gin and brandy with lime cordial, aromatic bitters, and a bracing ginger-beer finish.
- [Vesper](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/vesper.md): A crystalline, high-proof union of gin and vodka softened by a small measure of floral, bittersweet Lillet Blanc.
- [White Lady](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/white-lady.md): A gin sour pairing fresh lemon with the orange sweetness of triple sec.
- [White Negroni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/white-negroni.md): A pale, earthy Negroni variation balancing gin with floral Lillet Blanc and bitter gentian liqueur.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/gin
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