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Don’t you hate it when you decide at the last minute you want to add a little somethin’ somethin’ to your gin and tonic nights but when you look online for easy gin cocktails the ingredients are niche and your cupboards just don’t have what they’re asking for? That’s why we’ve put together this list of 5 fast, easy and tasty gin cocktails to make from items in your everyday kitchen cabinet. If you’re like us, you don’t want to read through loads of text for these cocktails so we’ll hit you hard and fast with only the good bits. Sorry SEO!

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Looking for your next gin? Try Precision Spirits' LDN Dry. Our very own take on a classic London Dry Gin HERE

Gin Screwdriver

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This is a classic vodka screwdriver with a twist, swapping out vodka for gin, obviously:

• 50ml gin
• 170ml orange juice
• Lime slice to garnish

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If you can’t measure out the liquid here’s a breakdown if you want to eyeball it with house measures:

• 1 finger gin
• 3 fingers orange juice
• Lime slice to garnish

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Quick and easy if your fridge is especially bare. Does this count as one of your five-a-day?

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Sex on the Beach

The origin behind this one is varied, but the most popular story is attributed to Ted Pizio, who was a Florida bartender in the 1980's. He came up with this concoction as a way to promote peach schnapps and named it after “sex” and “the beach” which he considered to be the two main attractions of Spring Break. The sweetness of the fruits comes to the fore here with this highly popular, easy to drink cocktail:

• 50ml gin (the true recipe is vodka but we use gin for a more floral, herbal twist)
• 25ml peach schnapps
• 2 juiced oranges  OR 25ml orange juice
• 50ml cranberry juice
• Ice
• 2 orange slices to garnish
• Glacé cherries to garnish (optional)

Again, if you don’t have measures, here’s how to eyeball it:

• 2 fingers gin
• 1 finger peach schnapps
• 1 finger orange juice
• 2 fingers cranberry juice
• Orange slice to garnish
• Top with ice and glacé cherries (optional)

A classic staple, made easy

French 75

This drink dates back to World War I, so they say, and an early form was created in 1915 at the New York Bar in Paris—later Harry's New York Bar—by barman Harry MacElhone. The combination apparently has such a kick that it feels like you're being shot by the French 75mm field gun. I'm happy to never know if it's a fair comparison. Thus, a star was born:

• 50ml gin
• 25ml lemon juice, freshly squeezed (or from a bottle)
• 25ml simple syrup (try honey, maple syrup or agave if you don’t have any)
• Top up with Champagne/sparkling wine/prosecco (whichever fizz you have)
• Garnish with a lemon wedge

House measures are as follows

• 2 fingers gin
• 1 finger lemon juice
• 1 finger simple syrup (try honey, maple syrup or agave if you don’t have any)
• Top up with your choice of fizz
• Garnish with a lemon wedge

Fresh, sharp and very easily drinkable

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Tom Collins

Close to the French 75 with a few minor tweaks. no one knows exactly how the Tom Collins cocktail came about but here's two options floating around the internet:

1. There used to be a popular cocktail that went by the name John Collins. Customers started asking for it with Old Tom gin instead of the usual shot of bourbon. Hence the birth of the Tom Collins cocktail.
2. This started as a joke between some of the younger clientele in bars across New York. Here they would tell unwitting patrons that a man named Tom Collins had been going from bar to bar spreading lies and making a mockery of them. They would then send their target to a nearby bar where they would ask the bartender for Tom Collins. After a while the bartenders cottoned onto this and created the Tom Collins cocktail in order to force a purchase.

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So there you have it. One is logical and boring, the other exciting and probably not true. Here's the recipe anyway:

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• 50ml Old Tom gin (London dry works too)
• 25ml lemon juice, freshly squeezed (or bottled)
• 12.5ml simple syrup (try honey, maple syrup, agave if you don’t have any)
• Top up with Club soda/tonic water
• Garnish with a zesty lime wedge

To Eyeball it

• 2 fingers Old Tom gin (London dry works too)
• 1 finger lemon juice, freshly squeezed (or bottled)
• 1 finger simple syrup (try honey, maple syrup, agave if you don’t have any)
• Top up with Club soda/tonic water
• Garnish with a zesty lime wedge 

Like lemonade, only alcoholic.

Stuck looking for an Old Tom gin? Try this Tropical Old Tom from our friends over at Porter's Gin

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Cosmopolitan

Bartender Neal Murray allegedly created the Cosmopolitan in 1975 at the Cork & Cleaver steak house in Minneapolis. According to Murray, he added a splash of cranberry juice to a Kamikaze and the first taster declared, "How cosmopolitan." Murray's Cosmopolitan used 50ml vodka but we're using gin:

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• 45ml gin (50ml if using orange juice)
• 10ml lime juice (or a half squeezed lime)
• 10ml triple sec or one whole squeezed orange
• 10ml cranberry juice
• Fill with ice
• 1 lime wedge for garnish

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For house measures:

• 3 fingers gin
• 1 finger lime juice (or a half squeezed lime)
• 1 finger triple sec (or one whole squeezed orange)
• 1 finger cranberry juice
• Fill with ice
• 1 lime wedge for garnish

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Fruity, sweet and alcoholic, what’s not to love?

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Remember you can head to our shop to pick up your own LDN DRY just in time for the weekend.