Gibson Recipe
Adapted from "The Joy of Mixology" by Gary Regan
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As with most classic cocktails, the Gibson’s origin is a topic of debate. Was it an East Coast creation at New York’s Players Club for illustrator Charles Dana Gibson? Or a West Coast one at the Bohemian Club for W. D. K. Gibson? No matter—stir your preferred martini and garnish with a cocktail onion.
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INGREDIENTS
- Ice
- 2 1/2 ounces gin or vodka
- 1/2 ounce dry vermouth
- 1 to 2 Cocktail Onions, for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
Fill a cocktail shaker or pint glass two-thirds of the way with ice. Add gin or vodka and vermouth and stir with a cocktail spoon until chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an onion or two.
My F-i-L, an inveterate Martini drinker told me about the guy on the commuter club car, who too often had tee many martoonis, and was given the ultimatum by his wife. So he asked the bartender to make his martini with water instead of gin. The barkeep obligingly put an onion in Gibson's water, so's to tell it from the olived Martinis. Soon enough, everyone wanted "Gibson's."