Last Updated on November 28, 2020 by Fiona Maclean
French 75 with Greenall’s Gin
What is nicer when all the Christmas preparations are done than to sit down on Christmas Eve with the perfect Gin and Tonic? Greenall’s has been distilled in one of the UK’s oldest gin distillery for over 250 years now and is a good place to start
Founded in 1761 by Thomas Dakin, the forefather of English gin and Greenall’s original master distiller, Greenall’s has been at the forefront of British gin for gin lovers through the centuries. It is still crafted in Warrington although the botanicals which make this gin so special come from around the World including wild Tuscan juniper, delicate Moroccan coriander, and zesty Spanish lemons.
The Greenall’s recipe remains a closely guarded secret, known only to the 7 master distillers who have crafted the gin for generations. One of those is the current Master Distiller. In 1996 Joanne Moore began working at Greenall’s as a quality manager and 10 years later was awarded the accolade of Master Distiller. This makes her one of the first female Gin Master Distillers in the World. Joanne has recently been selected as a member of The Gin Guild in recognition of her services to the Gin industry.
Greenall’s also sent me a selection of Cocktail recipes to try and I thought I’d share my personal favourite with you here. I’m in good company because Greenall’s French 75 is also the favourite of Master Distiller Joanne Moore.
- 25 ml Greenall's Dry Gin
- 25 ml Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
- 10 ml Sugar Syrup 1 part water to 2 parts sugar
- Champagne or Prosecco
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Shake the Gin, Lemon Juice and Sugar Syrup with ice.
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Strain into a chilled champagne glass
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Top up with champagne or prosecco
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Serve with a lemon twist garnish
This seems simple just like I like my cocktail.
Martini
Dirty Martini
a Tom Collins
i like mine simple with some ice and lemon
a gin and tonic
gin and tonic
Gin and Tonic with a slice of lime or lemon and ice.
Long Island Iced Tea
A Singapore Sling for me!
Negroni
Gin and tonic
Gin and Tonic 🙂
A Gin & tonic
A bloodhound
Gin with real lemonade or bitter lemonade mmm is too good for words
Definitively a tom Collins
Tom Collins
I like a pink gin.
I’m not sure what it’s called but there’s a gin bar in Birmingham which does a Parma violet gin cocktail. delicious!
a tom collins
Singapore sling
Tom Collins
Elderflower Collins – gin, lemon, elderflower cordial and soda
I love a Long Island Iced Tea!
A martini is a favourite. I’ve recently tried sloe gin and that’s very nice
Long island iced tea for me
singapore sling
I love it with cucumber and tonic
gimlet nothing tastes as refreshing as lime and gin
A simple GnT with Hendricks gin, a good quality tonic and a couple of slices of cucumber
I love gin and elderflower tonic.
I only ever have Gin with Tonic but love the sound of the French 75 with Greenalls so might have to give it a try!
Gin Sling for me!
New Orleans Fizz love it
It’s definitely a Martini, lovely, had too many of them over the Christmas period though!
I prefer a good gin and elderflower tonic than a cocktail. Fever tree tonic is the best I’ve found .
G and t
Tom Collins
A Gin Sling
I’ve just discovered “Bees Knees” which is gorgeous & is made with gin, runny honey, water & lemon juice 🙂
Tom Collins for me, i will be trying the French 75, looks and sounds delicious
Welsh Dragon (its a cocktail that is made in the pub in the UK area of EPCOT in DisneyWorld Orlando) it has beefeater gn in it:D
gin and tonic
Gin and Tonic
A dirty martini
Gin Sling
Gin and fizzy elderflower
I’ve only had a gin and tonic but the French 75 recipe sounds nice x
Just a simple Gin & Tonic with a dash of elderflower cordial
I love Bramble
40ml gin
10ml sugar syrup
15ml crème de mur (blackberry liqueur)
15ml lemon or lime juice
Blackberries to garnish
It reminds me of late summer when its my Birthday and I always gather blackberries from my garden and have a few of these gorgeous cocktails xx
I like a bramble
A gin martini!
Gin and Tonic
Gin with ginger beer.
a Singapore Sling, is my ideal, but a super Sloe Gin on a saturday night is always alright!
A Long Island Iced Tea goes down very nicely!
gin sling
I do like a Gin Sling 🙂
Long Island Iced Tea – in moderation!
Gin Sling – very Poirot 😉
A Singapore Sling , lovely summery drink
A TOM collins
French 75, I always feel rather sophisticated drinking this, plus it tastes great too. ????? ????xx
I like a simple gin and tonic with a slice of lemon
A Gin sling.
Just a simple Gin & Tonic with a slice of lime for Me 🙂
My favourite gin based cocktail is a Barrier Reef made with gin Cointreau and vanilla ice cream
Sheffield Dry Gin with Fevertree tonic and a slice of orange.
A good old G&T, but it has to be a quality tonic like Fevertree and not one of this disgusting ones with artificial sweeteners in it which seem to be everywhere these days. Oh, and it’s GOT to be lime, not lemon! 😉
I like a simple gin and tonic.
Classic Gin and Tonic for me 🙂
A Tom Collins id delicious .x
Tom Collins
Nothing beats a classic dry martini 😉
Gin and Tonic with a slice of lime or lemon and ice.
raspberry martini
Negroni and gin martinis 🙂 Thanks for the chance. Happy New Year.
Singapore Sling
Singapore sling
I love gin with ginger beer 😀
Gin and Tonic 🙂
Long Island Iced Tea – a classic!
I would say Mojito is one of my favourites
I love gin and tonic with ice, lime and mint!
GIN AND TONIC WITH ICE AND A SLICE.
Gin and tonic with a slice of lemon
Singapore Sling
I love a Gin Fizz 🙂
I love a gin & tonic x
Gin with grapefruit
Apple juice, gin, ginger jam – topped up with fizz. Excellent holiday treat!
I’ll stick with the french 75 delicious!
A Gin Fizz is my favourite very refreshing x
Gin with elderflower tonic
Can’t beat a gin & tonic with a nice wedge of fresh lime 😉
Has to be a Negroni 🙂
Long island ice tea
Just a simple gin and tonic with a slice of lemon
I have never tried it as was always told will make me cry, but would love to just so i can prove them wrong!
Cosmopolitan is my favourite. That is gin, cranberry juice, Triple Sec and a squeeze of lime and lemon.
G&T with lemon
Classic G&T with a twist of Lime
a tom collins
Singapore Sling
Gin & Tonic.
G&T.
Gin Sling for me.
Gin And Tonic.
Gin and Tonic
a singapore sling
Singapore Sling
Tom Collins
singapore sling
A dirty martini
I love gin with creme de cassis.
I do not drink cocktails but a G&T on ice with lemon is delicious, especially in summer.
G&T with a twist of lemon
Gin & tonic takes a bit of beating
Singapore Sling
I love gin with Elderflower pressé and soda water over lots of ice in a long glass – it wmakes such a lovely summery drink!
eldeflower collins
Negroni
Singapore SLING! <3
LOVELY!
A gin sling
Gin and Tonic, lovely
I love an Alabama Slammer!
gin negroni
A simple Gin & Tonic would be mine of choice 🙂
blackberry bramble – particularly good with freshly picked blackberries from the garden
Love a Dirty Martini
love a gin and tonic
A Gin Sling
A raspberry martini
mine is a Negroni
I like a gimlet.
A simple gin and tonic with plenty of ice and a hint of lemon.
I just like my gin with tonic water
Tom Collins is my favourite – and seeing as your recipe just substitutes the soda for prosecco I’ll have to give it a try.
Like Gin & elderflower cordial and lemonade
Gin Sling
Martini
Negroni
Big fan of the Bramble but also love Edinburgh Raspberry Gin with Prosecco!
A gin sling
Plain old G&T but must be good gin & good tonic served with a slice
Long Island Iced Tea
Long island Ice tea
G&T with lots of ice and a slice of lime
Long Island Iced Tea
I do love a Singapore sling or two
Singapore sling –
Negroni x
A Bramble or me – only been introduced to this recently, but now love it.
I enjoy a Gin Fizz thanks
Mothers ruin and tonic 🙂
long island ice tea!
Oh a dirty martini – my standard Christmas treat…”
Long Island Iced Tea
Singapore sling or a Long Island Ice Tea
Long island ice tea 🙂
Singapore Gin Sling!
gin sling x
A tom Collins xx
Gin spot sour
singapore sling always does it for me!
My Favourite Gin Cocktail is the Monkey Gland. Sounds Disgusting but tastes Great.
I love an elderflower gin collins!
Love a Blackberry Bramble
Don’t believe in wasting gin in cocktails, a bit of tonic or bitter lemon is all I want with my gin.
negroni
Definitely love a Singapore Sling
Gin and tonic – perfect
Martini 🙂
I love anything with Gin in it but I had a lovely Singapore Sling the other night.
Gin Fizz
Singapore Sling
Don’t know any, I like rum cocktails. My partner does like a gin and tonic with lime.
Gin sling
Singapore Sling
I normally just wack some ice and tonic in for a G&T but if I’m out and about I might be tempted to order a Martini
Tom Collins
Gin sling
just normal Gin with lots of lemon.x
You can’t beat a simple G&T with slice and ice
I love a gin fizz or a classic gin and bitter lemon
Gin fizz
I love Negronis
Martini for me!
A Singapore Sling
The classic gin and tonic
Gin Sling
Tom Collins
A refreshing Gin Sling for me
gin sling
Possibly a gin sling
Just a regular old G&T, my favourite!
Singapore Sling for me
Straight foreward G&T
Gin Fizz
I just like plain old gin and tonic with a slice of lemon
French 75
a gin and tonic is my fave tipple mmm
I love both a Singapore Sling and a plain old G&T
I love a Damn Shame. Damson gin and champagne (but usually prosecco! x
I love a bramble!
I rather like a Singapore Sling
A Gimlet!
French 75
Sling the Gin this way please.
A proper gin sling
negroni
Gin and tonic
singapore sling x
Raspberry Collins
A Gin Sling is particularly nice 🙂
Gin Sling for me!
Gin Fizz
I had a Corpse Reviver once, which was fantastic! Go very easy on the absinthe though….. 🙂
GOOD GIN WITH TONIC
You can’t beat a good old gin and tonic.
An aviator – though have just been recommended a gin and tonic with a wee dash of raspberry vinegar in it!
A martini!
gin,tonic and elderflower cordial….and a lemon slice and ice….fantastix
Maybe Pink Lady, though I haven’t had one in ages
Love a Gin & Tonic
I do love a Greenall’s Pink Gin Fizz x
My own cocktail made of gin, rhubarb & ginger liqueur, a dash of lime cordial and topped up with soda water.
Gin with blackcurrant.
The Clover Club
A dirty martini 🙂
simple gin and tonic
Simply Gin and Tonic with a frozen slice of lemon
Gin Fizz
Gin and tonic for me
a good old gin & tonic with ice ad lemon for me
Negroni.
Gin & Tonic with Elderflower Cordial
Gin and tonic
A Bramble, I love how sharp it is
I love gin and elderflower!
It would be a Negroni for me.
I don’t drink gin but a good friend of mine ‘collects’ gin and this would make a fab gift for her.
Tom Collins
Just a simple G&T for me – I like to experiment with different tonics, though!
Plain and simple G&T, hits the spot when required!
I love gin with bitter lemon 🙂
A good old gin and tonic
a dry martini
Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel
Dirty Martini
Gin sling!
Gin & Tonic
A gin fizz!
I love a good dirty martini!
Gin and Tonic
a gin sling is all I am familiar with
My favourite gin based cocktail is a negroni.
I like gin and tonic or sometimes gin and elderflower cordial.
negroni
gin and tonic with a slice of lime, simple!
i havent actually tried anything other than gin and tonic!
Pink Panther – get a pint glass put 6 gins in to it a splash of grenadine and fill up with oraqnge juice
A well-made Gin and Tonic!
Gin and Tonic
a good old gin sling!
Just gin and tonic for me.
a tom collins
Negroni
Gin and Tonic with a slice of lime or lemon and ice.
A gin sling
A home made version of Pimms with Gin, vermouth, cointreau and angostura bitters
I’d have to go with a Gin Sling, thanks.x
never had a favourite one always like to try different mixes, really like the recipe and i’m going to try it out on my guests this weekend can’t wait .
singapore sling, strictly for holidays