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.

. . .