Month: March 2012  Gin & Sin, Cocktail   - by Dug  The Gin & Sin
seems to be a cocktail with little standardisation. Unlike the
Negroni, which has a fixed and unwavering formula, a consensus
on the proportions of the Gin & Sin seems to as elusive as the
Scarlet Pimpernel. Even the ingredients vary by source.  Anyway,
this is what I went with…  Gin & Sin    • 2 oz Gin   • 3/4 oz
Orange Juice   • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice   • 1/2 oz Grenadine
Method: Bang it all in a cocktail-shaker, with ice, and give it
a shake. Strain into a martini glass, or over ice to serve.
This is probably more grenadine-heavy than the majority of
recipes, but I made a bottle of home-made grenadine some time
back and find little use for it, so I thought I would go with
the heavier option.  I made this with Martin Miller’s Gin and
the resulting drink is intense in flavour and absolutely silky.
I used a good deal of Gum Arabic in my grenadine, so it gives a
great mouth-feel and Martin Millers is a silky smooth gin. The
citrus intensity is bala