Gibson

Gibson recipe

Commonly used ingredients

William Boothby’s 1908 Gibson Recipe
6 cl (2 ounces) (6 parts) gin
1 cl (0.33 ounce) (1 part) dry vermouth

Stir well in a shaker with ice, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish and serve

Notes on The Gibson

While the name for a cocktail, The Gibson
dates back the 19th century. The Gibson that we recognize as the
Gibson— the one with the pickled onion— probably only dates back to
1900-1910. By the 1930’s, after prohibition ended the Gibson was so prominent that Boothby in his 1934 edition of World Drinks and How to Mix Them
had three recipes for Gibsons garnished with pickled onions, and
perhaps a clue to the drink’s origins— one recipe for an “Old Fashioned
Gibson” that sounds like a Martini with a twist (and a sugar cube).