Three Ways: The Gibson Cocktail

Three Ways: The Gibson Cocktail

It all started as a riff on a dry Martini. The person responsible for mixing the first Gibson recipe is up for debate, but most historians agree that someone created this bitters-free Martini variation at a San Francisco members’ club in 1898. Over the course of the next 125-odd years, the Gibson cocktail became a classic in its own right, gaining a signature pickled onion garnish and inspiring iterative variations of its own. With the savory fl…