CLASSIC COCKTAIL · 1890–1919
Gibson
A Martini with a pickled onion instead of an olive: drier, sharper and just as cold.
1898Historical classicResearched
The Gibson first appears in an 1898 New York World column by Edward W. Townsend. It is said to have been created at San Francisco’s Bohemian Club, either by businessman Walter D. K. Gibson — who removed the bitters from a Martini — or for illustrator Charles Dana Gibson, who later inspired the cocktail onion garnish. The first full recipe appears in Boothby’s 1908 World’s Drinks.
THE RECIPECrisp, dry and savoury
Ingredients
- Gin60 ml
- Dry vermouth10 ml
- Cocktail onionto garnish
Method
Stir the gin and vermouth with plenty of ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a cocktail onion on a pick.
Cocktail glass · no ice · cocktail onion