Name: French 75 (Difford's recipe)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Lemon juice; 2 barspoon Powdered sugar; 15 ml Old Tom gin; 15 ml Calvados apple brandy; 15 ml Cognac (brandy); 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 2 dash Absinthe; 75 ml Brut sparkling wine

trendomexico Premium Member 6w

I am 56 yo, and never did this. So its my first: 1. It looks like the one in the photo. So, good at this point. I opened a bottle of Moet for other cocktail, so I came here, and have to do some until finished. I find it sort of Dimetap, a little bitter in the end of the tongue at the end. Is interesting one of the main weapons of the classic armada, but not very contemporary, it feels outdated. I will try the other versions by decade.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 6w

Do soldier on! Cheers!

Natalie Campbell Premium Member 16w

Per my usual, I made this with what I had on hand- 2 tsp 2:1 sugar syrup, Napoleon brandy instead of cognac, and a tsp of Luxardo cherry syrup instead of grenadine. I decided to serve it straight up in a champagne flute instead of over ice (sorry, Colin). It looked and tasted fabulous, will definitely be making this one again. The aroma of the absinthe hit my mouth before any of the liquid did- very interesting, in a good way!

Loz Horner 24w

Very good. Hard not to overdo the grenadine (I find that a lot with grenadine) but went easy and the absinthe is peeking through nicely. Summer is here!

John CARR Premium Member 45w

Quite a different beast from the ‘classic’ 80s/90s rendition of French 75. The usual version is light and bright gin n fizz, this is much more sophisticated and grown up, almost malty. Had some homemade grenadine that I’d received as a present, which was much less sweet and needed doubling. Will try with regular commercial next time to compare.

Will Moss 1y

This is simply excellent. Despite the heroic alcoholic content this is a finely balanced drink which I can imagine sneaking into the drinking habits of unsuspecting relatives

Ruth Harvey 1y

I had the same problem as Helen -only the opposite - No calvados so used a full shot of Brandy (Torres 20 yr old) instead. Our first cocktail of the Evening and undoubtedly one of the last of 2024 (it's NYE). Fantastic cocktail!

Avery Garnett 2y

Having tried all 3 of the french 75s that have sparkling wine (judge jr's, the 1980s, and this) - this is hands down the best of the 3 and an outstandingly good drink...but it doesn't taste like a french 75. It doesn't have the gin+fizz backbone, because the cognac and calvados (and the absinthe) are far more prominent. Don't get me wrong, this is the best sparkling wine cocktail I've had - but I don't think it's much of a French 75.

Nick Marks 2y

Simply wonderful, imagine if you have run out out of Pimms No1 cup in the summer, a real upgrade if you ask me

Helen Clipsom 2y

I have Robert Vermeire's book. I also have a Collins glass very similar to the one pictured. What I couldn't find this New Years Eve was the French brandy - housewights must have been partying again! So it got two measures of Calvados instead. A very fine cocktail.

Felicia Premium Member 4y

A person at the distillery and I have had many (!!!) disagreements about the "incorrectness" of a French 75 over ice. I know unequivocally that I am right. This recipe is 100% the Right Way!!

1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 barspoon	Powdered sugar (white sugar ground in mortar and pestle) (or use 5ml of 2:1 sugar syrup per spoon)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
2 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

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