5 Classic Gin Cocktails Everyone Should Know

Master the Classics First

Trends come and go.
The classics stay, because they're perfect.

Learn these five, and you can walk into any moment and make something great. They're simple, timeless, and the truest test of a good gin.

1. The Gin & Tonic

The one everyone knows, and still hard to beat.

50 ml gin · 150 ml tonic water · plenty of ice · a wedge of lime or pink grapefruit.
Fill the glass with ice, pour the gin, top with tonic, stir once.

A citrus-forward gin like Latin Beach makes it bright and refreshing, the perfect place to start.

2. The Dry Martini

Sharp, elegant, and unforgiving. The drink that proves a gin.

60 ml gin · 10 ml dry vermouth · ice · lemon twist or olive.
Stir with ice until ice-cold, strain into a chilled glass, garnish.

This is where a proper dry gin like Latin Secco, with its clean Italian juniper, truly shines.

3. The Negroni

Italy in a glass. Bitter, balanced, unmistakable.

30 ml gin · 30 ml Campari · 30 ml sweet vermouth · orange peel.
Stir with ice, pour over a large cube, garnish with orange.

Equal parts, endlessly satisfying, the aperitivo classic every gin lover returns to.

4. The Tom Collins

Long, fizzy, and refreshing. Like lemonade for grown-ups.

50 ml gin · 25 ml lemon juice · 15 ml sugar syrup · soda water.
Shake gin, lemon and syrup with ice, strain over ice, top with soda.

5. The Gimlet

Two ingredients, pure balance. A bartender's favorite for a reason.

50 ml gin · 20 ml lime juice · 10 ml sugar syrup.
Shake with ice, strain into a chilled coupe. Clean, crisp, timeless.

Want More Heat?

Once you know the classics, play with them.
Swap in Latin Spice, with its warm Calabrian chili, for a bold twist on a Negroni or a G&T, the same classic, with unexpected character.

More Than a Drink

The classics never go out of style.
Master them with a gin worth the ritual, and every glass becomes something worth remembering.