This New Year's, mix a Champagne cocktail bubbling over with pure joy. This recipe batches up easily for a crowd, too.
A scintillating mix of gin, Champagne and a splash of lemon, the French 75 is the easy, elegant cocktail we’re toasting with this year.I love that moment when I’m rushing to get ready for a celebration—New Year’s Eve, say—and I stop to mix myself a drink. Before the night begins I take a breath, and the edge off.
I’ll listen to “The Lark Ascending” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, created, like the French 75 cocktail, during World War I—two testaments to hope during tumultuous times.Go ahead and pick up a handsome bottle you haven’t tried. As for the Champagne, use Extra Brut, a drier designation, because we’ll be adding simple syrup.
There are all sorts of swaps and substitutes out there, but this iteration of the cocktail is clean, dry and classic. Some prefer Cognac to gin. The simple syrup can be reduced or even eliminated, but taste it the traditional way before tinkering.
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