Housebound Happy Hour: Gin Edition

2 oz gin (or vodka, but I don’t like vodka sooooo)

1/2 oz dry vermouth

1 to 2 teaspoons olive brine (to taste–olive brine is the liquid in the olive jar)

Olives to garnish

1. Fill cocktail shaker halfway with ice (note: I usually use 2-3 ice cubes because I don’t have an ice maker). Add gin, vermouth, and olive brine. Shake until blended.
2. Strain into chilled glass  (note: you can chill your glasses by filling them with ice water while you make your drinks). Garnish with olives.

Gin Sour

2 oz gin

3/4 oz lemon juice (substitution: if you run out of fresh lemons you can absolutely use lemon juice from that little bottle that’s shaped like a lemon)

3/4 oz simple syrup (this is basically sugar water, you can make it yourself or you can buy it I’m not judging)

Lemon twist

1. Fill cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Shake until blended.
2. Strain into chilled glass and garnish with lemon twist.

Tom Collins

2 1/2 oz gin

1 3/4 oz lemon juice

1/2 oz simple syrup

club soda (substitution: I don’t have club soda so I used sparkling water)

lemon slices to garnish

1. Fill cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add gin, lemon juice, simple syrup. Shake until blended.
2. Strain into chilled glass. Top with club soda and garnish with lemon twist.

You’ll probably notice that a lot of the cocktail recipes I’ll be posting have very similar ingredients and you can blame my pantry and bar cart for that but I promise they all taste different and they’re all great. Please let me know if you make any or if you’re also participating in Housebound Happy Hour!

xoxo,

J