French 75
Named after a field gun. It hits about that hard.
Ingredients
- 30 ml Gin
- 15 ml Lemons
- 10 ml Sugar syrup
- top Champagne
Method
Shake the gin, lemon and sugar, strain into a flute, top with champagne.
- Glass
- Flute
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- Long lemon twist
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Takes
- About 3 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Style
- Bubbles
- Tastes
- citrus-forward and sweetened
If you're missing something
- Sugar syrup → Agave syrup — slightly sweeter, so use a little less
- Sugar syrup → Honey — loosen with warm water first; adds its own flavour
- Champagne → Prosecco — a fraction of the price and hard to tell apart once mixed
Where it comes from
First World War. Named after the French 75mm field gun on the grounds that it had a comparable kick. Harry’s New York Bar in Paris is the usual claimant.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
Specs last checked .