Gin & It

The Gin & It is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 3 ingredients, stirred in a mixing glass and served in a coupe. That makes 93 ml in the glass: a small glass.

Ingredients

• 52.5 mlgin
• 22.5 mlsweet red vermouth
• 1 mlOrange Bitters

Method

1. Pour the gin, vermouth and bitters into a mixing glass with ice.
2. Stir and fine strain into a chilled coupe.

Garnish: Garnish with a lemon zest twist.

What it tastes like

bitter → sweet

It leans dry: 1.0 out of 10 of bitterness, 49th of 186.

round → sour

No citrus to wake it up: it arrives round, the 19th least sour of 186.

light → strong

In the finished glass, melted ice included, it runs 28.5%: 14th of 186, stronger than 93% of the catalogue.

Its closest neighbour is the Tipperary: 99 out of 100 for similarity.

Five that come close

• TipperaryBuilt on whisky and with irish whiskey in place of gin.
• Remember the MaineBuilt on whisky and with rye whiskey in place of gin.
• Vieux CarréBuilt on whisky and with rye whiskey in place of gin.
• Rabo de GaloBuilt on cachaça and with cachaça in place of gin.
• Dry Martini4 degrees stronger and with dry vermouth in place of sweet red vermouth.

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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026