French 56½ Cocktail

Name: French 56½ Cocktail
Yield: Makes 2 cocktails
Ingredients: 1¾ fluid ounces (3½ tablespoons), gin; ½ fluid ounce (1 tablespoon), simple syrup; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice; ¼ teaspoon, tartaric acid; ½ teaspoon, lactic acid; 1 cup, ice cubes; 1 fluid ounce (2 tablespoons) plus 1 fluid ounce (2 tablespoons), soda water, divided; 2 , fresh mint leaves (optional)

Beverages

By Paul Adams

Refreshingly light and clean, with a bracing nip of acidity.

SERVES Makes 2 cocktails

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