Gibson Cocktail



Ingredientes : 
 ■ 2 oz. de Ginebra
 ■ 4 gotas de Vermouth Seco
 ■ Cebollines
 ■ Hielo

 ■ 2 1/2 oz gin
 ■ 1/2 oz dry vermouth
 ■ 1 or 3 cocktail onions for garnish
 
 ■ Ice Cubes



Preparación : 
 ■ Mezcle bien la ginebra con el vermouth seco en una coctelera con hielo y escurrir en una copa. Decorar con los cebollines..
 ■ Pour the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice cubes. Stir well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the cocktail onion.

Standard drinkware : 
Glass Cocktail.


Variaciones : 
 ■ The onion garnish also marries well with vodka when it replaces the gin for a Vodka Martini.
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Reseña : The exact origin of the Gibson is unclear, with numerous popular tales and theories about its genesis. According to one popular theory Charles Dana Gibson is responsible for the creation of the Gibson, when he supposedly challenged Charley Connolly, the bartender of the Players Club in New York City, to improve upon the martini's recipe, so Connolly simply substituted an onion for the olive and named the drink after the patron. Other stories involve different Gibsons, such as an apocryphal American diplomat who served in Europe during Prohibition. Although he was a teetotaller, he often had to attend receptions where cocktails were served. To avoid an awkward situation, Gibson would ask the staff to fill his martini glass with cold water and garnish it with a small onion so that he could pick it out among the gin drinks. A similar story postulates a savvy investment banker named Gibson, who would take his clients out for the proverbial three-martini business lunches. He purportedly had the bartender serve him cold water, permitting him to remain sober while his clients became intoxicated; the cocktail onion garnish served to distinguish his beverage from those of his clients.