5 - 7 oz. - Coup

French 75

About The Cocktail

Although this cocktail is deliciously light and perfect to sip alongside a rooftop pool, its name actually derives from much sinister origins and was named after the 75-millimeter M1897, a French infantry canon that would deliver toxic gas shells to the fields of World War 1. It was famously sipped by Madeleine Lebeau and her Nazi companion in the Movie Casablanca.

Ingredients

1 oz Desgin Gin
½ oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Simple Syrup
1 splash Champagne

Garnish

1 Lemon Peel

Process

Lightly shake all ingredients in tins.
Pour into coup glass.
Top with champagne.
Garnish with Lemon Peel.

8 - 10 oz. - Highball

Floradora

About The Cocktail

This cocktail is said to have originated at the Waldorf Astoria and was named after the Florodora, a fictional fragrance from the Broadway place of the same name. This was both a homage to the six starlets of Florodora that captured New Yorks imagination and to its playwright, Jimmy Davis, whose extravagant lifestyle and gambling makes for a story more fascinating then the play itself. The pseudonym, Owen Hall, for which he wrote the play under was actually a pun on ‘Owin All’ alluding to the constant financial debt that he’d accumulate.

Ingredients

1 oz Desgin Gin
½ oz Lime Juice
½ oz Framboise Liquor
1 splash Ginger Ale

Garnish

1 Orange Wedge

Process

Shake Gin, Lime and Framboise together then double strain into Collins glass.
Add ice and top with Ginger Ale.
Garnish with Orange Wedge.