Casino Gin Cocktail

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Regardless of whether you’re planning an elaboratecasino-themed party or are expecting a bunch of friends for a weekend pokersession, preparing the right drinks to for the occasion can go a long way indetermining the success of the do. It can in fact be the difference between adud evening everyone would want to forget and a super-hit party people willtalk about for not just months, but years! Here in this short article, we willtell you about some top cocktails that are a big hit in all such casino-themedparties.

One thing we’d like to highlight here is that the best way to enjoy such drinks/cocktails is by actively engaging in what you’re expected to enjoy at such parties – gambling! For instance, you could play food roulette, a casino inspired game that’s a big hit at all such parties. You can learn more about it here.

Poker Face

This popular drink has been around for a much longer time than the well-known Lady Gaga hit. It’s a classic, refreshing and light cocktail which is served in almost every casino throughout the world. The best time to enjoy it is on a warm day, with plenty of ice!

To prepare this cocktail, you must add two shots of tequilato one short of triple sec and three shots of pineapple juice, followed bytwisting some lemon. Stir well with ice and then strain into a high ball glass.Feel free to garnish it using mini umbrellas and fruits, to get the feel right!

The Vesper or Vesper Martini is a cocktail that was originally made of gin, vodka, and Kina Lillet. The formulations of its ingredients have changed since its original publication in print, and so some modern bartenders have created new versions which attempt to more closely mimic the original taste. A gin-based drink that’s laced with lemon, cherry, and bitter orange. 17 recipes for gin cocktails to ring in the new year. The Top Trending Fall Foods & Recipes, According to Google. Wayfair's Way Day Kitchen Deals: Everything You Need to Know + Newsletter Shop Site Feedback FAQ / Help Center. The Casino is a classic cocktail that’s gin based. Translation: all of you out there who don’t like gin, this might not be the one for you. There’s nothing for the gin to hide behind here, it’s all about bringing out the gin-ness. Beyond just the gin itself, there’s some lemon juice, maraschino liqueur and orange bitters. Bartenders at Boston’s Backbar stick close to the original Casino recipe, as published in 1930 in The Savoy Cocktail Book. It’s a classic Old Tom gin cocktail that still stands out in a modern drinkscape. Old Tom gin ¼ oz. Maraschino liqueur.

Vesper Martini

This is the drink for you if you are a James Bond fan!Having it by your side and sipping it constantly will get you in just the rightmood for an evening of gambling. Shaken, but never stirred, Vesper Martini hasgained an iconic status in the casino world. The fact that it’s not very hardto make is an added advantage.

It was seen for the first time in the Casino Royale book andthe recipe was shared by the Bond himself. Going exactly by what James Bondasks for, you need to make a dry martini using one shot of vodka, threemeasures of gin and half shot of Vermouth. It should be preferably had shakenwith ice until it reaches the right cold for you, followed by adding some lemonto it.

Last Chance

An ideal cocktail to call it quits, Last Chance offers agreat deal of refreshment to conclude your gambling evening. If you have beendrinking or making cocktails throughout the evening, this drink’s simplicitywill come as a breath of fresh air!

All you need to do is combine two parts of vodka with fourmeasures of orange juice and one part triple sec. Feel free to add some extraorange juice in case you want it even lighter. You can even prepare a largervolume by multiplying the orange juice and shots, and pass it around in a jug!

Vesper
IBA official cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard garnish	lemon twist
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
IBA specified ingredients	4.5 cl gin 1.5 cl vodka 0.75 cl Lillet Blanc
Preparation	Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add the garnish.
Timing	Before dinner
Cocktail glasses are commonly used instead of Champagne goblets in modern versions of this drink. Lillet Blanc should be substituted with Cocchi Americano for a closer approximation of the original cocktail. Vesper recipe at International Bartenders Association

The Vesper or Vesper Martini is a cocktail that was originally made of gin, vodka, and Kina Lillet. The formulations of its ingredients have changed since its original publication in print, and so some modern bartenders have created new versions which attempt to more closely mimic the original taste.

Origin[edit]

The drink was invented and named by Ian Fleming in the 1953 James Bond novel Casino Royale.

'A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.'

'Oui, monsieur.'

'Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?'

'Certainly monsieur.' The barman seemed pleased with the idea.

'Gosh, that's certainly a drink,' said Leiter.

Bond laughed. 'When I'm ... er ... concentrating,' he explained, 'I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold, and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad. This drink's my own invention. I'm going to patent it when I think of a good name.'

Fleming continues with Bond telling the barman, after taking a long sip, 'Excellent ... but if you can get a vodka made with grain instead of potatoes, you will find it still better,' and then adds in an aside, 'Mais n'enculons pas des mouches'^[1] (English: 'But let's not bugger flies'—a vulgar French expression meaning 'let's not split hairs'). Leiter jokingly suggests Bond name his drink the Molotov Cocktail.

Bond in the next chapter, 'Pink Lights and Champagne', names it the Vesper. At the time of his first introduction to the beautiful Vesper Lynd, he asks her name in an interrogation indirecte, 'I can't drink the health of your new frock without knowing your Christian name.' He receives her name then enquires more from her with a look. 'I was born in the evening, on a very stormy evening...' The idea strikes Bond her name is perfect for his recently invented special Martini and tells her his search for a name is over if Vesper will permit him her name for it.

A Vesper differs from Bond's usual cocktail of choice, the martini, in that it uses both gin and vodka, Kina Lillet instead of the usual dry vermouth, and a lemon peel instead of an olive. Although there is a lot of discussion on the Vesper, it is only ordered by Bond once throughout Fleming's novels – although Bond drinks the Vesper in the film Casino Royale – and by later books Bond is ordering regular vodka martinis, though he also drinks regular gin martinis. Felix Leiter ordered a Vesper for Bond in the novel Diamonds Are Forever, albeit with Cresta Blanca in place of Kina Lillet, which Bond politely remarks is the 'Best Vermouth I ever tasted.'^[2] It may be that Fleming decided not to have Bond order a Vesper again due to the way in which Casino Royale ends.

In actuality, the book version of the Vesper was created by Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce. In Bryce's copy of Casino Royale Fleming inscribed 'For Ivar, who mixed the first Vesper and said the good word.' In his book You Only Live Once, Bryce details that Fleming was first served a Vesper, a drink of a frozen rum concoction with fruit and herbs, at evening drinks by the butler of an elderly couple in Jamaica, the Duncans, the butler commenting, 'Vespers' are served.' Vespers or evensong is the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office and are observed at sunset, the 'violet hour', Bond's later chosen hour of fame for his martini Vesper.^[3]

However, the cocktail has been misrecorded after mishearing the name in several instances, resulting in its being alternatively named 'Vespa'.^[4]

Old Tom Gin Cocktail Recipes

Contemporary versions[edit]

Since Kina Lillet was discontinued in 1986 and the proof of Gordon's Gin was cut in 1992, the original recipe can no longer be made exactly. Substitutes can be made that attempt to recapture the original flavour of the drink:

Lillet Blanc is still available, but Kina Lillet additionally included quinine (hence its name).^[5]^[6]Cocchi Americano can be used as a substitute to recreate the original recipe,^[7] which has a more bitter finish than using Lillet Blanc.^[8]
For a more traditional flavour, 50% (100-proof) vodka is used to bring the alcohol content of the vodka back to 1953 levels, with grain vodka being preferred.^[9]
Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, American Beefeater, or Broker's gin provides the traditional flavour of 47% (94 proof) gin, whereas Gordon's Gin, in the UK domestic market, has been cut to 37.5% (75 proof); in spite of this, a 47.3% (94.6 proof) export version of Gordon's Gin still exists today.^[5] (The extra dilution caused by shaking is the reason to prefer it over stirring in this high-alcohol drink.)

Esquire printed the following update of the recipe in 2006:

Shake (if you must) with plenty of cracked ice. 3 oz Tanqueray gin, 1 oz 100-proof [50%] Stolichnaya vodka, ¹⁄₂ oz Lillet Blanc, ¹⁄₈ teaspoon (or less) quinine powder or, in desperation, 2 dashes of bitters. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and twist a large swatch of thin-cut lemon peel over the top.

The recipe concluded, 'Shoot somebody evil.'^[10]

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