

TIP 2: Mash a slice of white radish in the mixing glass before making the cocktail. TIP 1: Serve it in a metal glass and bring out the umami taste of the spring onions. Add 3 spring onions on a skewer to garnish. Add a few drops of the liquid from the spring onions and stir for 20 seconds until the mixture is well chilled and strain into a chilled Martini glass. Be warned.RECIPE: In a mixing glass with lots of ice add one part of Yzaguirre White Vermouth with two parts of a good dry gin. The acidity hits you immediately, and then it calms down as you take a sip of your drink. The highlight is biting into one of those crunchy, tangy pickled onions. This small change transforms the cocktail and makes it less olive-briny and more onion-earthy. The best part about the Gibson is that little cocktail onion twist.

Like we said: small twists, big change! Do you eat the onion in a Gibson? The Gibson cocktail recipe uses the same ingredients as a classic Gin Martini but swops out the olives for cocktail onions. So, we suggest inviting over your friends and hosting a chess and Gibson evening. Is anyone bursting to try these yet? We bet you are. She has loads of Gibson cocktails, and you’ll see them make an appearance in almost every episode. Turns out Beth quite likes drinking-and hats off to her because she check-mates loads of chess players throughout the series. Set in the 1950s and 60s, she steps up the ladder of competitive chess, and she does so with a Gibson cocktail by her side. For those who haven’t seen it, this epic historic (and entirely fictional) drama on Netflix stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a chess prodigy named Elizabeth Harmon. The Gibson we’ve come to love is the one that features heavily in The Queen’s Gambit. Yeah, we don’t think this story shouts “drink me,” either. He believed that eating onions prevented colds, so he started adding them to his Gin Martini. Apparently, it was invented by a businessman named Walter D.K Gibson.

The story of the Gibson cocktail is pretty shady, but the most dependable version is this one. This baby is best served stirred to give the gin and vermouth a chance to show off.
