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Gin, triple sec and lemon juice shaken and served up: crisp, dry and citrusy.
Makes 1 drink · about 3 min to make
Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.
Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.
The White Lady is a gin sour sweetened with orange liqueur rather than syrup. It is clean, dry and sharply citrus.
It belongs to the Sidecar family, made with gin in place of brandy; some versions add egg white.
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No. 054 · Cocktail · IBA
Tequila and orange juice over ice with grenadine poured in to sink, creating the sunrise effect.
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0
No. 019 · Cocktail · IBA
Equal parts gin, Campari and sweet vermouth built over ice: bitter, sweet and bracing.
No. 067 · Cocktail · IBA
Equal parts gin, Cointreau, Lillet Blanc and lemon with a dash of absinthe.
Photo: Farther Along, CC BY 2.0
No. 045 · Cocktail · IBA
Five spirits, lemon, sugar syrup and a top of cola. Contains no tea and a lot of alcohol: take it slowly.
Photo: Alisdair McDiarmid from Glasgow, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0