Queens (cocktail)

The Queens cocktail is a variant on the perfect martini, with the addition of pineapple juice and sometimes lemon juice.^[1] Its closest relative is the more popular Bronx, which contains orange juice rather than pineapple.

Queens

Cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Base spirit	Gin
Served	Straight up: chilled, without ice
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	6 parts Gin 3 parts Sweet Red Vermouth 3 parts Dry Vermouth 4 parts Pineapple juice
Preparation	Shake all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Strain into chilled martini or cocktail glass.

Queens (cocktail).

It can be found as early as 1930, in Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book; Craddock's text lists it as a "Queen's Cocktail".^[2]

See also

• List of cocktails