Directions
The Gibson is a cocktail that unfortunately is out of fashion, but it is a pillar in the history of mixed drinks. Brutally speaking the Gibson cocktail is a Dry Martini in which you put a pickled onion. Simple, but simply brilliant: one of the most successful variants of this great cocktail.
The story of the Gibson drink, as for many cocktails, it’s unclear, many thought that the name comes from the satirical cartoonist Charles Dana Gibson, famous for his “Gibson Girls”. But that’s all…
The first written source that mentions it is the 1904 menu of the Piedmont Hotel, in Atlanta, but in all honesty, nobody knows who is the inventor of the cocktail.
A cocktail that, while being easy to prepare, has an intense flavor, rich in contrasts, thanks to the sour taste of the onion that winds between the spicy notes of dry vermouth. The gin is the beating heart of the drink, hot and aromatic with its imperishable charm that smells of wood, moss, and juniper.
Pay attention to the high alcohol content of the Gibson, excellent as an aperitif because of its dry and nifty flavor, but two glasses are enough!
Ingredients of the cocktail Gibson
- 6 cl gin
- 1 cl dry vermouth
- 1 pickled onion
How to prepare the cocktail Gibson
Chill a Martini glass with 4 ice cubes.
In a mixing glass filled with ice, pour gin and dry vermouth, stir gently, discard the ice from the Martini glass strain the drink.
Gibson suggested food pairings
The cocktail is very alcoholic, dry, so let’s choose smoked food, red meats, but teriyaki salmon too. Recommended recipes: beef tenderloin with mushrooms, farfalle with salmon, grilled salmon, cod skewers, asparagus risotto, grilled chicken on the can.
Great Gin Cocktail you should try
If you like cocktails made with gin you could make also: Gin Tonic, Black Mamba Kiss, Paradise, Tom Collins, Heidi, Bramble, cocktail Pino, Negroni, Gin Fizz, French 75, Vesper Martini, Tuxedo, Dry Martini.
