The 5 Gin Cocktails You Need To Experience

BedThyme Tales

Available at Two Hands NYC

Photo credit Jenny Adams

Ingredients

1.5 oz thyme infused Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
.5 oz aquavit
1 oz egg white
.75 oz lemon juice
.5  oz thyme honey syrup

Glass: Coupe

Garnish: Thyme sprig

Method: Shake. Strain

Mrs. Fitzgerald

Photo credit Rick Liston Photography

Ingredients

1.75oz Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
.75oz sugar syrup
2 whole strawberries, muddled
1 tsp absinthe
2 dashes orange bitters

Method: Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled coupette glass. Garnish with a strawberry.

Bloody Jasmine

Ingredients

.75oz Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin
.75oz Campari
.75oz Dry Curacao
.75oz fresh lemon juice
1 dash of Regan’s Orange Bitters
Lemon twist for garnish

Method: Add ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled coupette glass and garnish with a lemon twist.

Martini

Photo credit Anson Smart

Ingredients

2.5oz Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
.5oz dry vermouth
Orange or lemon peel

Method: Chill a martini glass well. Combine ingredients and plenty of ice in a mixing glass. Stir gently (only James Bond shakes his Martini), strain and garnish with a twist of citrus.

Sub Continental

Photo credit Rick Liston Photography

Ingredients

1.5oz Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
.75oz dry vermouth
.75oz fresh lemon juice
.5oz sugar syrup
2 fresh curry leaves

Method: Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Shake vigorously for 5 seconds. Fine strain into a chilled coupette or martini glass. Garnish with a curry leaf on top.