Cocktail recipe

French 75

Glass
Flute
Method
Shaken
Served
Up
Garnish
Lemon twist
Base
Gin
French 75 in a flute glass

Ingredients

  • Gin30 ml
  • Lemon juice15 ml
  • Sugar syrup15 ml
  • Sparkling wine60 ml

Method

Shake gin, lemon and syrup with ice, strain into the glass and top with sparkling wine.

Flavour profile

StrengthMedium strength
LightBoozy
Sweet to sourLeans dry or sour
SweetSour or dry

Worked out from the ingredients and their proportions, after dilution: about 13.3% alcohol by volume. An estimate, not a lab reading.

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