French 75 (Gin)

PH factor: 8.0

Recipe

Ingredients:

Cocktail

o 1 ½ ounces Bombay Sapphire gin

o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice

o 1 tablespoon Simple

Syrup (see: Syrups etc.)

o champagne

Garnish

o lemon twist

Method:

1. Stir to combine first three

ingredients in a champagne

flute.

2. Top with champagne.

3. Stir once gently.

4. Garnish with a lemon

twist.

Remarks:

There are many theories of its

origins, and much debate over

gin vs. brandy. We do know the

recipe was first recorded in 1930.

The name may have come from

a remark of a World War I pilot

who said drinking it felt like he

was on the receiving end of a

French 75mm field cannon. Of

course, he might also have been

referring to how his head felt the

morning after drinking too many

the night before. You decide.

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