Four Seasons Book of Cocktails

A photogenic equal-parts cocktail

2 ounces gin

2 ounces Campari

2 ounces orange juice

Orange twist for garnish

Pour ingredients into ice-filled highball glass, stir, and garnish.

For the environmentalist in you

2 ounces Juniper Green organic gin

1 ounce green crème de menthe

2 dashes Fee Brothers mint bitters

Sprig of organic mint for garnish

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

Minty and tart

2 ounces gin

1 ounce green crème de menthe

1 ounce Rose’s lime juice

Club soda

Lime slice for garnish

Combine gin, liqueur, and juice in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into glass, top with club soda to taste, and garnish.

“Green” as in Chartreuse. This herby, spicy liqueur was created by Carthusian monks in sixteenth-century France.

2½ ounces gin

½ ounce green Chartreuse

½ ounce yellow Chartreuse

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.

Jazz up your palate

2 ounces gin

1 ounce pineapple juice

½ ounce maraschino liqueur

Orange twist for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

Named for a Grill Room bar patron who was second-guessing her engagement

1½ ounces gin

1 ounce dry vermouth

½ ounce Bénédictine

1 teaspoon Pernod

2 dashes bitters of choice

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.

Was ouzo the Greek poet’s muse?

2½ ounces gin

1 ounce ouzo

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.

The choice of a died-in-the-wool Anglophile

2 ounces Boodles gin

1 ounce orange liqueur

1 ounce Rose’s lime juice

Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.

Yellow and herby

2 ounces gin

1 ounce yellow Chartreuse

Lemon twist for garnish

Combine gin and liqueur in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.

Gin with tequila and rum!

1 ounce gin

1 ounce tequila

1 ounce rum

1 ounce Cointreau

½ ounce blue curaçao

Orange twist for garnish

Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled highball glass, stir, and garnish.

A drink on which to meditate

2 ounces gin

1 ounce Bénédictine

2 ounces orange juice

Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.

Très français

3 ounces gin

½ ounce Dubonnet Rouge

½ ounce Grand Marnier

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.

Hangs out in the orange grove

2 ounces gin

1 ounce triple sec

1 teaspoon blue curaçao

1 dash orange bitters

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.

The Campari classic, served straight up or on the rocks

2 ounces gin

1½ ounces Campari

½ ounce sweet vermouth

Orange twist for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into martini glass or pour with ice into rocks glass and garnish.

Grandmother of the well-loved Screwdriver

2 ounces Gordon’s gin

2 ounces orange juice

1 teaspoon superfine sugar

Orange peel spiral for garnish

Combine gin, juice, and sugar in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

A taste of the Right Bank

2 ounces gin

1 ounce Dubonnet Rouge

3 dashes orange bitters

Orange twist for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.

Close your eyes and think of England

1 ounce gin

1 ounce Harvey’s Bristol Cream sherry

2 dashes Angostura bitters

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

This vintage cocktail dates from the Art Deco era

2 ounces gin

1 ounce white crème de cacao

1 teaspoon grenadine

½ ounce heavy cream

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

Topped with a bit of bubbly

2 ounces gin

1 ounce Campari

½ ounce grapefruit juice

½ ounce Champagne

Combine gin, Campari, and juice in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and top with Champagne.

Crème de noyaux is an almondy pink liqueur made from fruit pits.

2 ounces gin

1 ounce crème de noyaux

3 ounces pineapple juice

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Pour with ice into rocks glass or strain into martini glass.

Served in a sugar-rimmed glass

1 teaspoon powdered sugar

1 lime wedge

2 ounces gin

1 ounce apricot brandy

1 ounce lime juice

Spread powdered sugar on a saucer; moisten rim of martini glass with lime wedge and dip into sugar. Combine gin, brandy, and juice in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and carefully strain into glass.

A bit nutty

2 ounces gin

1 ounce crème de noyaux

1 teaspoon grenadine

1 ounce light cream

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

Gin teams with two liqueurs in this Pool Room favorite.

2 ounces gin

½ ounce amaretto

½ teaspoon blue curaçao

Orange twist for garnish

Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass, stir, and garnish.

British to the core

2 ounces Boodles gin

3 ounces Pimm’s No. 1

1 ounce orange juice

2 ounces ginger ale

Maraschino cherry for garnish

Pour gin, Pimm’s, and juice into ice-filled highball glass. Top with ginger ale and garnish.

The soft drink all dressed up

2 ounces gin

1 ounce fresh sour mix

1 teaspoon Galliano

3 ounces root beer

Orange twist for garnish

Combine gin, sour mix, and Galliano in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and pour with ice into glass. Top with root beer, stir, and garnish.

Cherry red

2 ounces Barton London Extra Dry gin

½ ounce cherry puree

1 teaspoon sweet vermouth

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.

Hear the angels sing.

2 ounces gin

1 ounce dry vermouth

1 ounce crème de cassis

Lemon twist for garnish

Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.

The head-turner with the citrusy perfume

2½ ounces gin

1 ounce Cointreau

1 teaspoon blue curaçao

1 ounce fresh sour mix

1 ounce grapefruit juice

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

Created in the early 1900s at the storied Raffles Hotel in Singapore

2½ ounces gin

½ ounce cherry brandy

1 ounce fresh sour mix

5 ounces club soda

Maraschino cherry for garnish

Orange peel spiral for garnish

Combine gin, brandy, and sour mix in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into glass and top with club soda. Stir and garnish.

Minty vintage cocktail from the Windy City

3 mint leaves

1 teaspoon superfine sugar

2 ounces gin

1½ ounces lemon juice

Mint sprig for garnish

Muddle mint leaves and sugar in bottom of mixing glass. Add gin and juice. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.

One for the ages

2 ounces gin

1 ounce fresh sour mix

3 ounces club soda

Maraschino cherry for garnish

Orange slice for garnish

Combine gin and sour mix in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into ice-filled glass and top with club soda. Stir and garnish.

Three liqueurs fly you to the moon: Neptune’s.

2 ounces gin

1 ounce triple sec

1 ounce white crème de cacao

½ teaspoon blue curaçao

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.