No longer just the tipple of choice for salty old ladies, gin is enjoying a welcome renaissance.

I. The Rooker Gin Cocktail
— Ingredients:
— 2 ozs Hendrick’s gin
— ½ oz lime juice
— ½ oz basil simple syrup
— 3 dashes of cucumber bitters
— Combine in a shaker with ice. Strain and pour.

II. Corpse Reviver
— Ingredients:
— 1 oz gin
— ½ oz Cointreau
— ½ oz Lillet Blanc
— ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
— Dash of absinthe
— Shake with ice and strain into a chilled glass.

III. Cranberry Thyme Gin & Tonic
— Ingredients:
— ¾ cup fresh cranberries
— ¼ cup granulated sugar
— ½ cup water
— Splash of orange juice
— ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
— Fresh english thyme leaves
— Gin of choice
— Tonic of choice

In a saucepan, mix cranberries, water, orange juice, sugar, and vanilla. Cook for 15 minutes, mashing the cranberries. Add thyme and continue mashing. Pour through a strainer, discarding the solids. Once cooled, add 1 oz of the cranberry mixture to each glass. Top with ice cubes, 2 ozs gin, and tonic.

Brokers ($23)
This quadruple-distilled pure-grain gin made from English wheat is redistilled with ten botanicals, resulting in outstanding flavor and smoothness.

Portobello Road ($29)
One of London’s fastest growing gins, this spirit is heavy on the juniper and ideal for bone-dry martinis and classic G&Ts.

Gordon’s ($11)
This no-nonsense, triple-distilled London dry gin contains juniper berries, coriander seeds, and angelica root. Quintessentially classic.

Bombay Sapphire ($33)
This exceptionally smooth gin is infused with ten exotic botanicals. Fun fact: one of David Bowie’s favorite drinks was a Bombay Sapphire Martini.

Hendrick’s ($32)
This popular premium gin is produced in Scotland and boasts an unusual infusion of cucumber and rose petals.

Tanqueray No. Ten ($34)
Considered by many to be the ideal martini gin, it has all the ingredients of its London dry, but with fresh citrus (grapefruit, lime, orange) and camomile.

Sipsmith ($33)
Every bottle of this London dry gin is handcrafted in small batches and distilled with ten botanicals, with notes of juniper followed by fresh lime zest.