Good friends, expert bartenders and local distillers have tried to convince me gin is a year-round liquor. I want them to continue their lobbying efforts, but gin feels so summery. That burst of juniper fits the beach, the backyard, a game of croquet at a garden party (not that I’ve done this, but you can’t convince me a gin cocktail wouldn’t suit the activity).
To convert you, I’ve prepared a list of drinks with new and underrated gins that range from pop-the-top to to so easy you can’t mess it up. Let’s start with the fool-proof offerings and ease into exotic (but not intimidating) ideas.
6 O’clock Gin London Dry Gin & Tonic (in a can!)
It’s a G&T in a can. Just a good G&T packaged right. 6 O’clock Gin makes a wide range of elite gins in old-fashioned glass bottles (try its perfectly balanced flagship London Dry with tonic and lime). But the magic trick here is putting the mixed drink classic in a can without getting fancy. Too many canned cocktails want to sell you on the idea of a Wild Berry Gin & Whiskey Summer Spritz (which ends up tasting like an uppity White Claw). These Bristol, England, distillers did what few could or dared to do. I repeat: It’s a G&T. Just a good G&T.
UnGin+Tonic (in a can!)
Next to 6 O’clock’s offering, Los Angeles’ Greenbar makes the best canned G&T. But the organic spirit stalwarts also make a non-alcoholic version that’s actually distilled (alcohol is stripped away during or post distillation leaving behind a real gin flavor). Reasons to drink it might vary but the best is that it’s absolutely delicious. The company labels it crisp and fresh. Let’s add it has genuine bite and flavor.
Bee’s Knees (in a can!)
This can doesn’t have the freshness and punch of your favorite bartender’s bee’s knees cocktail. But it’s hard to get your favorite bartender to tag along with you while hiking, camping, boating and beaching. What this offering from CanBee Cocktails gets right: It promises farm-fresh honey, real lemon and small-batch gin and that’s how it tastes (it’s nicely honey and lemon forward). Fun fact: Bees pollinate 80% of the crops we eat, so drinking something with actual honey can count as your good deed for the day.
Gin & Fancy Juice
Delicious done simple with gin, juice, ice, glasses and a shaker. Any good gin will do but I recommend Dingle (an Irish gin that’s very smooth and very flavorful, which can be hard to produce). Once you have that, just pour 1 part gin and 2 parts Fresh Victor Cucumber & Lime cocktail mixer in the shaker with loads of ice. Shake. Strain. Drink. Sweet, tart, with a bright cucumber aroma, this tastes like a $20 creation from the Four Seasons on some island a thousand miles away.
Negroni
I love Stanley Tucci, but if you have seen his negroni-making video, well, I do it differently, some might say better. Here’s how simple it is: Mix 1 part gin, 1 part Campari, 1 part sweet vermouth (try Dolin Vermouth de Chambery), stir a bit, add loads of ice and a twist of orange. It’s heaven without a headache. If you’re into boulevardier cocktails, which replaces bourbon for gin in a negroni, Maine master gin makers Bimini have a gin finished in three kinds of twice-used barrels: ex-bourbon apple brandy, ex-bourbon rum, ex-bourbon sea salt. Familiar botanical notes mix with something wintery, almost caramely. A version of this Italian classic made with Bimini’s Barrel Reserve tastes like a negroni winking at a boulevardier.
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