Name: Gin Daisy (modern and tall)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Orange Curaçao; 7.5 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 7.5 ml Orange juice; 10 ml Grenadine syrup; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1; 45 ml Soda (club soda) water

Gin Daisy (modern & tall)
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₄ oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of mint sprigs, orange, lemon, and lime slice wheels skewered with a Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

SHAKE first 7 ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.

Garnish:

Garnish with mint sprigs bouquet and citrus wheels skewered with maraschino cherry.
Serve with a straw.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Fruity, long and refreshing. Gin notes are surprisingly subdued.

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Variant:

Daisies can be served in goblets filled with crushed ice, straight up in a coupe, or, as in this case, in a tall glass.
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History:

Adapted from a September 2025 recipe by Al of Al's Cocktail Club. The original calls for homemade 1:1 strength pomegranate juice syrup (grenadine) and acid-adjusted orange juice.

Nutrition:

One serving of Gin Daisy (modern & tall) contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
12.18% alc./vol. (12.18° proof)
15.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Matthew Coffey

4th July at 22:37

I found the cocktail tart and dry, but a little thin, very much relying on the garnish for flavor. I added 2 dashes of cherry bitters and 1 dash of plum bitters to amplify the berry notes, which I thought helped fill out the drink.

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