7 BEST GIN COCKTAILS (and How to Make Them with 10 Ingredients!) - VOL. 1

The Best Gin Cocktails as voted by YouTube subscribers, Redditors and Facebook fans! I compiled a list of 25+ of the most popular gin cocktails and asked for everyone's input - to vote for their personal favourite GIN Cocktail. There were over 250 respondents to the survey resulting in the Best Gin Cocktails list! Given the number of responses received, I decided to create a mini-series for The Best Gin Cocktails. This is Vol. 1.

INGREDIENTS LIST FOR ALL 7 GIN COCKTAILS:
- Gin (London Dry, Old Tom)
- Maraschino Liqueur
- Creme de Violette
- Creme de Mure
- Champagne / Sparkling Wine
- Lemon Juice
- Simple Syrup (1:1)
- Soda / Seltzer
- Basil
- Raspberry Syrup
- Egg White

Here are the top 7 gin cocktails based on these votes.

---AVIATION---
The most searched cocktail on the internet back in 2013. The Aviation has been printed in numerous cocktail books – many of which excluded the Creme de Violette, as this liqueur was largely unavailable in the states until recent years.

INGREDIENTS
- 60mL London Dry Gin (2 oz)
- 22.5mL Fresh Lemon Juice (¾ oz)
- 15mL Maraschino Liqueur (½ oz)
- 1 Barspoon Crème de Violette

---TOM COLLINS---
The Tom Collins would be one of the most well known of the Collins’, made using a sweeter style, Old Tom gin. The collins cocktail is a great base to create variations by adding complimentary components and flavours such as elderflower, lychee and other fruit flavours in the form of fresh fruit, syrups and liqueurs. Some collins’ recipes call for a dash or two of bitters but I usually omit this.

INGREDIENTS
- 60mL Old Tom Gin (2 oz)
- 22.5mL Fresh Lemon Juice (¾ oz)
- 15mL Simple Syrup (1:1) (½ oz)
- Soda

---BASIL SMASH---
In the mid 2000s a German bartender create the Basil Smash – a herbaceous gin sour recipe.

INGREDIENTS
- 60mL Gin (2 oz)
- 22.5mL Fresh Lemon Juice (¾ oz)
- 22.5mL Simple Syrup (1:1) (¾ oz)
- 2-3 Sprigs of Fresh Basil

---BRAMBLE---
In 1984, London Bartender, Dick bradsell tweaked a classic gin sour by adding Creme de Mure (blackberry liqueur). Use crushed ice so that the Creme de Mure cascades down making a nice visual effect whilst adding a great balance of sweet, tart and fruitiness. Feel free to tweak this by adding a jam whether it be blackberry, raspberry, strawberry or what ever you have on hand.

INGREDIENTS
- 45mL Gin (1½ oz)
- 22.5mL Fresh Lemon Juice (¾ oz)
- 15mL Simple Syrup (½ oz)
- 22.5mL Crème de Mure (¾ oz)

---CLOVER CLUB---
A pre-prohibition cocktail that was named after a Philadelphia men’s group consisting of business professionals. First published in 1901 in the New York Press. It fell out of fashion by the 1950s and became more of a ladies drink. Traditionally served with no garnish but you can utilise a lemon twist or skewered raspberry if you like. This particular recipe was published in Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s The Bar Book.

The Clover Club bar in NY have created a popular variation with the addition of 15mL of Dry Vermouth.

INGREDIENTS
- 45mL Gin (1½ oz)
- 22.5mL Fresh Lemon Juice (¾ oz)
- 22.5mL Raspberry Syrup (¾ oz)
- Fresh Egg White (half a small egg)

---GIN FIZZ---
A fizz is a sour lengthened with soda water. It differs from a collins as it’s shaken and has the addition of egg white – you can omit this if you prefer not use egg in your drinks.

INGREDIENTS
- 60mL Gin (2 oz)
- 22.5mL Fresh Lemon Juice (¾ oz)
- 22.5mL Simple Syrup (¾ oz)
- Fresh Egg White (half a small egg)
- Soda Water

---FRENCH 75---
The original version of the French 75 calls for cognac – but gin is the more common choice nowadays. It has a similar framework to a collins with the substitution of champagne or sparkling wine instead of soda.

INGREDIENTS
- 30mL Gin (1 oz)
- 30mL Simple Syrup (1:1) (1 oz)
- 22.5mL Fresh Lemon Juice (¾ oz)
- 90mL Champagne or other sparkling wine (3 oz)

[chez]

This channel is like Bob Ross but for alcoholics

[duncanthebard]

Your grin while shaking gets me everytime, love your work

[jakehersha]

I love how every time he does a dry shake he doesn't smile, but whenever he shakes with the ice afterwards he smiles, gets me everytime! Love these videos Steve, keep it up!

[madhurimabhattacharya]

That smile he flashes while shaking the cocktails tho.

[jamesli]

steve, i love your smile when you shake. it doesn't matter what exact cocktail you are making but just the smile itself brings joy to me. that's how we should enjoy life, to be able to spend time doing things we love to do.

[PollyLWorld]

"Add Two Ounces of Gin, 1 ounce of fresh lemon juice, 1 ounce of simple syrup. Give it a good shake, and to top it off... a smile to melt your heart".

[samarthmehta]

You're a good bartender
One of the best on YouTube

[blackrasputin]

Hands down best list of top gin recipes on youtube.

I've never known anyone to dislike a bramble and most people I know dislike gin.

[augustrainkolkata]

The best part is that lovely smile while shaking the ingredients
💕🙏👍

[StevetheBartender_]

There were way too many EPIC Gin Cocktails to feature in one video...otherwise it would have been an hour long.. therefore, this will is VOL. 1 with at least 2 more to come!! Enjoy!

[DosBear]

For those of you just looking for an easy drink and mix. Simply use 2 ounces of gin and 8 ounces of 7up or Sprite or 4 ounces of 7up and 4 ounces of orange juice or grapefruit juice. Add a bit of sugar if you're looking to sweeten up the drink a bit and tame down the bitter taste of orange or grapefruit is nice as well. I personally am not looking to make a job out of making a drink but do appreciate all the effort you took in sharing your recipes. Gin is also great with a Tom Collins mix and some club soda if you can find those.

[jeremybaldic]

Your channel is my favorite because you go straight to the mixing and less boring stories about the cocktail.

[GangazzLife]

I found your channel 2 days ago, watched about 25 of your videos and thought to myself ‘I can’t believe he hasn’t done a series on gin’ (in my opinion the best spirit out there). Then what would you know - next day or two the 7 best gin cocktails. It was fate!


Would love for you to do a domestic gin review with all these fantastic gins going around in aus (particularly in sydney/melb)!

[MakeLikeAFridge]

Hey, is there a reason you sometimes use glass for shaking, instead of metal. And metal instead of glass other times ?
Just curious, as I'm looking into getting that style of shaker (Boston shaker ?) :)

[spacepirate]

You are so calm and chill, love to watch man, also not arrogant at all like most bartenders

[Irishringo]

I reckon you should do a tutorial on this cocktail from the Dead Rabbit in NY. I've changed the measures of each ingredient so that it's legal to make in australia.
The Mean Fiddler
20ml Irish Whiskey
10ml Islay Whisky
15ml Green Chartreuse
10ml Campari
15ml Sweet Vermouth
1/4 Tsp Cinnamon Syrup
Dash of Bitters
Stir and strain into a chilled coupe.
No garnish necessary

[murrayboth]

Love your videos, Steve! My favourite out of those would be the Basil Smash! 😋 Always look forward to the recipes that you share with us and also love the look on your face every time you shake with ice!! 🤣

[chriss]

Great video Steve! Featuring my favorite spirit! Gave me some great ideas!

[taylorvanbuskirk]

I think I'm going for the Basil Smash! I've never had that before and I grow fresh basil. Whoo hoo!

[ridewitholdgrizz]

Looking good. Will have to try some of those this summer