The Negroni is a cocktail made with gin. Specifically considered an apéritif, or pre-dinner cocktail.

The gibson is a slight variation of the traditional gin martini, however it uses more gin and a pickled onion peel for a garnish, instead of an olive.

The dirty martini is a popular verson of the martini, subsituting olive brine instead of the vermouth.

You can make it a “dusty” martini by using less olive brine.

The Bronx Cocktail is essentially a perfect martini with orange juice added. It was ranked number three in “The World’s 10 Most Famous Cocktails in 1934”, making it a very popular rival to the Martini and the Manhattan.

Also known in some places as a China Blue, is typically a pale semi-translucent blue in colour, and is served in a chilled Collins tumbler.

A pre-dinner drink made of gin and brandy.

A recent variation of the martini made with sake instead of vermouth.

A variation of the martini, substitutes sweet red vermouth for dry vermouth.

Smoky martinis substitute the dry vermouth with scotch whisky and garnished witha lemon peel.

A perfect martini uses equal parts sweet and dry vermouth

A strong drink made with vodka, gin, tequila, cointreau, and rum.

It has been suggested that this drink was invented during the Prohibition era in the US because of its similarity to non-alcoholic iced tea. However, it is thought that it was actually invented by a bartender in Long Island, New York, in the late 1970’s.

In the novel Casino Royale, Bond’s recipe is specified in more detail as made with three measures of gin (Gordon’s was Bond’s preference), one measure of vodka (grain vodka is preferred), and half a measure of Kina Lillet aperitif, shaken until ice-cold, and with a large, thin slice of lemon peel for garnish (properly called a “Vesper” after his love interest in the book). By the second Bond novel, Live and Let Die, Bond was drinking vodka martinis, with a vodka/vermouth ratio of six to one. This trend continued when 007 moved to the screen in 1962. [source wikipedia]

The martini is traditionally made with gin and dry white vermouth, though in recent years substituting vodka for gin has become more popular than the original recipe.

Over the years, the martini has become perhaps the most well-known mixed alcoholic beverage.

Tom Collins is the best known Collins cocktail, a group of long drinks made during WWI served in a highball or collins glass.

Made of gin, lemon juice, sugar and soda water it’s easy to make and best of all easy to drink!

Invented by Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon for the Raffles Hotel in Singapore sometime between 1910 and 1915. It is considered their signature drink. At some point it fell into disuse such that the official recipe served at the hotel had to be created from memory by bar staff and notes they discovered.

It’s a nice refreshing drink best enjoyed on a hot summer’s day.