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GG

  • 3cl gin
  • 2cl melon liqueur
  • 1cl blue curaçao
  • 2cl fresh lemon juice
  • ginger ale

Pour all ingredients, except ginger ale, into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a highball filled with ice. Top up with ginger ale. Stir. Garnish with a wedge of lemon on the rim. Serve with a stirrer.

Galloping Gasp

  • 3cl cognac
  • 2cl ruby port
  • 2cl Cointreau
  • 1cl anisette

Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Stir. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Garibaldi

  • 5cl Campari
  • 10cl fresh orange juice

Pour the Campari, then the orange juice, into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir. Garnish with half a slice of orange.

Georgia Julep

  • 5cl bourbon
  • 5cl fresh peach purée
  • sprig fresh mint

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake well to infuse the flavor of the mint. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

Gibson

  • 9cl gin
  • dash dry vermouth

Pour the gin into a mixing glass with ice. Add the dry vermouth and stir. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a white pearl onion in the drink.

Gilia

  • 6cl Aperol
  • 3cl Scotch whisky

Place all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of orange.

Gimlet

  • 5cl Plymouth gin
  • 2cl Roses's lime cordial

Pour ingredients into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir. Garnish with a wedge of lime in the drink.

Gin and It

  • 4cl gin
  • 4cl sweet vermouth

Pour the gin and vermouth into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Stir. Garnish with a maraschino cherry and a twist of orange.

Gin Fizz

  • 5cl gin
  • 3cl fresh lemon juice
  • dash gomme syrup
  • club soda

Pour all ingredients, except soda, into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a highball filled with ice. Top up with soda. Garnish with a slice of lemon. Serve with a stirrer.

Gin Rickey

  • 5cl gin
  • 3cl fresh lime juice
  • soda water

Pour the gin and lime juice into a highball filled with ice. Top up with soda and stir. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

Gina

  • 5cl gin
  • 3cl crème de cassis (black currant liqueur)
  • 2cl fresh lemon juice
  • sparkling water

Pour all ingredients, except the sparkling water, into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a highball filled with ice. Top up with sparkling water. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

Ginger Fizz

  • 3cl bourbon
  • 3cl pineapple juice
  • 2 to 3 slices fresh gingerroot
  • champagne

Muddle the fresh ginger in the shaker. Add the bourbon and pineapple juice and ice. Shake. Strain into a champagne flute. Top up with champagne. Stir. Garnish with a wedge of pineapple.

Ginger Sake

  • 6cl sake
  • few slices gingerroot
  • 2cl fresh lime juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

Give Me A Dime

  • 3cl crème de cacao
  • 3cl butterscotch schnapps
  • 3cl double cream

Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with grated chocolate.

Glühwein

  • 2 cubes sugar
  • 1 slice lemon
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 24cl red wine

Boil all ingredients in a saucepan and serve as hot as possible. Serve in a heatproof toddy glass.

Godfather

  • 6cl Scotch
  • 3cl amaretto

Pour both ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Godfrey

  • 5cl cognac
  • 1.5cl Grand Marnier
  • 1.5cl crème de mûre (blackberry liqueur)
  • 4 blackberries

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake vigorously to break down the berries. Strain into a cocktail glass. Or, pour directly into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Garnish with a blackberry and a sprig of mint on a cocktail stick.

Golden Cadillac

  • 3cl Galliano
  • 3cl white crème de cacao
  • 3cl double cream

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Golden Cadillac II

  • 4cl vodka
  • 2cl peach schnapps
  • 1cl Galliano
  • 2cl double cream

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Golden Dawn

  • 2cl gin
  • 2cl apricot brandy
  • 2cl calvados
  • 2cl fresh orange juice
  • dash grenadine

Pour all ingredients, except grenadine, into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass and add the grenadine to create a sunrise effect.

Golden Dream

  • 3cl Galliano
  • 1.5cl Cointreau
  • 1.5cl fresh orange juice
  • 1.5cl double cream

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Golden Elit

  • 2.5cl Elit vodka
  • 2.5cl Galliano
  • 5cl lychee liqueur
  • champagne

Shake all ingredients, except champagne, with ice. Strain into a champagne flute.

Golden Shot

  • A strong, creamy shooter with a touch of sweetness and the strength of vodka.
  • 2cl Drambuie
  • 2cl Irish cream liqueur
  • 2cl vodka

Pour each ingredient, in the order listed, over the back of a barspoon into a shot glass.

Golden Slipper

  • 3cl yellow Chartreuse
  • 3cl apricot brandy
  • 1 egg yolk

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Golden Tang

  • 5cl vodka
  • 1.5cl Galliano
  • 1.5cl crème de bananes (banana liqueur)
  • 2cl fresh orange juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a spiral of orange.

Grapefruit Daiquiri

  • 6cl white rum
  • 3cl fresh grapefruit juice
  • dash gomme syrup

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of grapefruit.

Grasshopper

  • 3cl green crème de menthe
  • 3cl white crème de cacao
  • 3cl double cream

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Greek Doctor

  • 3cl ouzo
  • 3cl vodka
  • 3cl fresh orange juice
  • 2cl fresh lemon juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. Garnish with a slice of orange.

Green Dinosaur

  • 2cl vodka
  • 2cl gold tequila
  • 2cl light rum
  • 2cl Plymouth gin
  • 2cl triple sec/Cointreau
  • 3cl fresh lime juice
  • dash gomme syrup
  • dash melon liqueur

Pour all ingredients, except melon liqueur, into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a highball filled with ice. Float the melon liqueur over the top.

Green Dragon

  • 3cl gin
  • 2cl kummel
  • 2cl green crème de menthe
  • 2cl fresh lemon juice
  • 4 dashes peach bitters

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Green Eyes

  • 4cl vodka
  • 2cl blue curaçao
  • 3cl fresh orange juice

Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Greyhound

  • 6cl vodka
  • 9cl fresh grapefruit juice

Pour the vodka into a highball filled with ice. Top up with grapefruit juice. Stir. Garnish with a slice of orange.