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Shake, Stir, Sip: The 7 Most Popular Gin Cocktail Recipes

Quick and easy steps for the perfect gin & tonic, negroni, dry martini and more!

Gin: the spirit that’s as versatile as your Friday night plans. Whether you’re channeling James Bond with a martini, kicking back with a classic G&T, or getting fancy with a Negroni, there’s a gin cocktail for every mood, moment, and mixology skill level. With its herbaceous bite and botanical charm, gin is the ultimate chameleon in your liquor cabinet—and we’re here to prove it.

From timeless classics to trendy twists, ICON presents the 7 most popular gin cocktail recipes you need in your repertoire:

PAPA SALT & SODA

1. PAPA SALT & SODA
60ml Papa Salt Coastal Gin
Soda water
Orange wedge
Fresh ice
Pour Papa Salt over rock ice (in a tall glass), add desired amount of soda water and garnish with an orange wedge.

GIN & TONIC

2. GIN & TONIC
45ml Papa Salt Coastal Gin
Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Lime wedge
Nocellara Olive
Fresh ice
Add fresh ice to a stemmed balloon glass – pour over Papa Salt Gin and Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water. Squeeze and garnish with lime wedge and Nocellara olive. Simple and good.

DIRTY DRY MARTINI

3. DIRTY DRY MARTINI
50ml Papa Salt Coastal Gin
10ml Noilly Prat Vermouth
20ml of olive brine
Nocellara Olives
Rock ice
In a mixing glass, combine Papa Salt Gin, Noilly Prat Vermouth and olive brine over rocks of ice. Stir with a bar spoon for at least 30 seconds until the dilution is well chilled and smooth to taste. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with 3 olives skewered through a rosemary stem.

SALTY NEGRONI

4. SALTY NEGRONI
30ml Papa Salt Coastal Gin
30ml Campari
30ml Regal Rogue Bold Red Vermouth
10ml Saline (5:1 water to sea salt)
Ruby grapefruit wedge
Rock ice
Combine all liquid ingredients in a mixing glass over rocks of ice. Stir with a bar spoon for at least 30 seconds until well chilled. The dilution should taste velvety—if not, continue stirring until smooth. Strain into a rocks glass, finish with grapefruit wedge (don’t squeeze). Made well, this drink should transport you.

SALTY DOG

5. SALTY DOG
Crushed Ice
Sea salt
50ml Papa Salt Coastal Gin
100ml Grapefruit juice
Lime wedge
Rock Ice
Salt the rim of a well chilled highball glass. In a cocktail shaker combine ice, gin & grapefruit juice. Shake until well chilled and strain into prepared glass with crushed ice. Finish with lime wedge. It’s fresh.

SUPERMARKET RICKEY

6. SUPERMARKET RICKEY
45ml Papa Salt Coastal Gin
Fever-Tree Lime and Yuzu Soda
Lime wedge
Rock ice
Fill a highball glass with ice. Add Papa Salt, top with Fever-tree Lime and Yuzu Soda. Finish with squeezed lime wedge. Great if looking for a quick fix.

PAPA PALOMA

7. PAPA PALOMA
60ml Papa Salt Coastal Gin
30ml fresh lime juice
CAPI Pink Grapefruit Soda
Rosemary salt (dried rosemary blitzed with sea salt)
Rim of a well chilled tall glass with rosemary salt. In a cocktail shaker combine ice, Papa Salt, and lime juice. Shake until well chilled and pour over prepared glass with cubed ice. Top with CAPI pink grapefruit soda and garnish with a rosemary stem. Easy does it.

So, now let’s pop some ice and get shaking—because life’s too short for boring drinks.

Always drink responsibly.

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