French 75

Description

The French 75 is a cocktail of gin and champagne flavoured with lemon. Named after the powerful French 75-millimeter howitzer cannon, this potent cocktail is made by combining gin or brandy, lemon juice and cracked ice in a glass and filling it with champagne.

• French 75 from the Wikibooks Bartending Guide—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
• Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 1½ oz (40 ml) gin
• 2 tsp caster (superfine) sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• Champagne

Garnish

• cherry or orange slice

Directions

1. In a flute or collins glass add the gin.
2. Top with a half flute of sparkling wine or champagne.
3. Add sugar (it will fizz up so make sure the flute isn't full yet) then top off with more sparkling wine.