Cocktails with Gin

Easy Recipes by Cocktail Builder

Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its predominant flavor from juniper berries. Gin is one of the broadest categories of spirits, all of various origins, styles, and flavor profiles, that revolve around juniper as a common ingredient. It is most commonly consumed mixed with tonic water. The name gin is a shortened form of the older English word genever.

You can drink a shot of tequila straight up or mix whiskey with a bit of water, but gin is destined to be mixed in a cocktail. In fact, there are more classic cocktails made with gin than any other spirit.

Whether you are just beginning to explore gin drinks or you’re a die-hard fan, you’ll love these three simple cocktails that shine the spotlight on gin: read more...

Gin is great with..

+Tequila
Long Island Iced Tea
+Lemon Juice
Tom Collins
+Tonic
Gin and Tonic
+Grenadine
Gin and Sin
+Rose's lime juice
Gimlet
+Lemon Juice
Gin Sidecar
+Light Rum
Little Devil
+honey
Bee's Knees
+Lemon Juice
Maiden's Prayer
+Pineapple Juice
Hoola Hoop
+Angostura bitters
Pegu
+Triple Sec
Hawaiian Cocktail
+Cranberry Juice
Alpine Lemonade
+bitters
Bitter Orange
+sweet vermouth
Negroni
+Triple Sec
Maiden's Blush
+Tequila
TGV
+Orange Juice
Hula-Hula
+Lemon Juice
Judge, Jr.
+bitters
Fitzgerald
+Triple Sec
Chelsea Sidecar
+Tequila
Rock Bottom
+Ginger ale
Suffering Bastard
+French dry vermouth
Bronx Cocktail No1
+creme de cacao blanc
Crooked Sister
+fresh lime juice
Journalist
+fresh lemon juice
Leap Year Cocktail
+lemon
French 75
+rum
Bartender's Long Island Iced Tea
+Lime Juice
Bennett
+club soda
Alabama Fizz
+Lime Juice
California Gimlet
+lemon twist
Blue Moon
+Lemon Juice
Gin Buck
+fresh lemon juice
The Aviation
+dry vermouth
Gibson
+sparkling water
Gin Rickey
+Light Rum
Adios
+sweet vermouth
Artillery Cocktail
+Scotch
Paisley Martini
+banana liqueur
Caribbean Sunset
+Chambord
Grateful Dead
+coke
Electric Harbor Tea
+club soda
Gin Fizz
+dry vermouth
Bronx Cocktail
+Ginger ale
Leap Frog Highball
+rum
Legspreader
+Tonic water
Classy Bitch
+sweet vermouth
Gin and It
+dry vermouth
Fare Thee Well Martini

What to Buy

Gin
Bombay Sapphire gin
Tanqueray gin
Dry gin
Beefeater gin
Hendrick's Gin
Gordons Gin
London Dry Gin
Bombay Gin
Lemon gin
Pimm's gin
Seagram's gin
Old Tom Gin
Plymouth gin
Tanqueray rangpur gin
Seagram's lime twisted gin
Sweet gin
Bellringer Gin
Sarticious gin
Sapphire gin