French 75
Origin
Harry MacElhone · Harry's New York Bar, Paris · 1922
First recorded as the '75' in MacElhone's Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails (1922); the modern gin-and-Champagne formula was canonized in The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930). Named after the French 75mm field gun of WWI.
Variations
- French 76Swap gin for vodka
- French 95Swap gin for bourbon
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