The Journalist Cocktail Recipe: A Slightly Sweet Gin Cocktail

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The Journalist Cocktail Recipe: A Slightly Sweet Gin Cocktail
This is a good “step up” drink if you’ve mostly stuck with things that are very sweet in the past, or if you’re interested in getting away from basics like the Screwdriver (vodka and orange juice) or Rum-and-Cokes.

This cocktail is a well-regarded classic. It’s basically a riff on a perfect Martini (when dealing with cocktails, “perfect” means equal parts sweet and dry vermouth) with a little zing from a squeeze of lemon, and some curacao to add sweetness and orange aroma. It’s an excellent drink, and a classic, first appearing, like so many others, in the Savoy Cocktail Book.

This is a good “step up” drink if you’ve mostly stuck with things that are very sweet in the past, or if you’re interested in getting away from basics like the Screwdriver (vodka and orange juice) or Rum-and-Cokes. It’s not nearly as bracing as a dry Martini, thanks to the curacao and sweet vermouth, but it’s still got plenty of backbone to it.

Most of the time, I advocate shaking cocktails with juice in them, rather than stirring, but I like this one better stirred.

This article is a modified and enhanced version of a post that ran on my nightly cocktail blog, DrinkShouts. Liquors in parentheses are what I used when I made this recipe, and are included as suggestions.

journalist cocktail recipe

The Journalist Cocktail Recipe

A slightly sweet gin cocktail
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Drinks
Servings 1 Drink

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ingredients in a pint glass over ice and stir thoroughly. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe. No garnish.
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Christopher Buecheler

Christopher Buecheler is a novelist, a web developer, an award-winning amateur mixologist, a brewer, a guitarist, a drummer, and an NBA enthusiast. He lives a semi-nomadic life with his wife and two cats, currently residing in Providence, RI. You can learn more at his website, cwbuecheler.com.