French 75 Cocktail

Name: French 75 Cocktail
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 ounce gin; ½ ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed; ½ ounce simple syrup; 3 ounce champagne (or other sparkling wine); lemon twist

Consisting of gin, fresh lemon juice, sugar and Champagne, the drink is a lot friendlier than its name implies. Elegant and effervescent, the French 75 is named for the fast-firing 75 millimeter field gun that French soldiers used during World War One. It is said that it "hits like a French 75."

1 serving · 3 min prep

French 75 Cocktail as a flowchart: ingredients enter on the left and merge rightward into each step.
1 ounce gin
½ ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
½ ounce simple syrup
3 ounce champagne (or other sparkling wine)
lemon twist

Steps in full

Add the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup to a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
Strain into a Champagne flute.
Top with the Champagne or sparkling wine of choice.
Garnish with a lemon twist.

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