French 75

• Ingredients:
       - 3 Part Gin
       - 1 Part Simple Syrup
       - 3 Part Brut Champagne
       - 1 half squeezed lemon

(KALI VARIANT: bring it down to 2 part Gin, 4 part Champagne)

• Glassware:
  • Can go with champagne or large format wine glass (Ezra, I noted your preference for the former, even as you were tied up and couldn’t join)
• Counts:
  • A count is basically one second, where you are not inverting the bottle, but have it flow at a reasonable pace.  Each count is supposed to represent about an ounce of ingredient.
  • I typically do something like 3 count Gin, 1 count Simple Syrup, 1 half lemon, 3 count champagne
• Mixing:
  • Shake the Gin, Simple Syrup and Lemon vigorously in a shaker, pour in glass, and then add champagne.  No ice in this beverage
• Garnish:
  • Long lemon skin peel (aka “a twist”)
• Storage:
  • Brut Champagne definitely in the fridge; Simple Syrup in the fridge; Gin on the shelf