White Spider

London-based fashion journalists used to order this old-style cocktail at the Blue Bar of New York's famed Algonquin Hotel.

  • Serves

    makes 1 cocktail

Ingredients

For the Sour Mix (makes 1 cup)

  • 1 small egg white
  • 1 tbsp. fine sugar
  • 1 cup fresh lemon juice

For the Cocktail

  • 1 12 oz. sour mix
  • 1 12 oz. gin
  • 34 oz. Cointreau
  • 13 tsp. sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Make the sour mix: Whisk together until sugar is dissolved and egg white is fully incorporated.

Step 2

Make the cocktail: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add sour mix, gin, Cointreau, and sugar. Shake vigorously, then pour into a chilled martini glass.
  1. Make the sour mix: Whisk together until sugar is dissolved and egg white is fully incorporated.
  2. Make the cocktail: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add sour mix, gin, Cointreau, and sugar. Shake vigorously, then pour into a chilled martini glass.
Drinks

White Spider

  • Serves

    makes 1 cocktail

London-based fashion journalists used to order this old-style cocktail at the Blue Bar of New York's famed Algonquin Hotel.

Ingredients

For the Sour Mix (makes 1 cup)

  • 1 small egg white
  • 1 tbsp. fine sugar
  • 1 cup fresh lemon juice

For the Cocktail

  • 1 12 oz. sour mix
  • 1 12 oz. gin
  • 34 oz. Cointreau
  • 13 tsp. sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Make the sour mix: Whisk together until sugar is dissolved and egg white is fully incorporated.

Step 2

Make the cocktail: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add sour mix, gin, Cointreau, and sugar. Shake vigorously, then pour into a chilled martini glass.
  1. Make the sour mix: Whisk together until sugar is dissolved and egg white is fully incorporated.
  2. Make the cocktail: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add sour mix, gin, Cointreau, and sugar. Shake vigorously, then pour into a chilled martini glass.

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