{
  "id": "french_75",
  "version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "front_image": "20260111_094419287_iOS.jpg",
    "back_image": "20260111_094423552_iOS.jpg"
  },
  "title": {
    "key": "cocktail.french_75.title",
    "default": "French 75"
  },
  "ingredients": [
    {
      "key": "cocktail.french_75.ingredient.1",
      "item": {
        "key": "ingredient.gvine_floraison_gin",
        "default": "G'Vine Floraison Gin"
      },
      "amount": 1.25,
      "unit": "fl_oz",
      "metric": {
        "amount": 35,
        "unit": "ml"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "cocktail.french_75.ingredient.2",
      "item": {
        "key": "ingredient.fresh_lemon_juice",
        "default": "Strained Fresh Lemon Juice"
      },
      "amount": 0.5,
      "unit": "fl_oz",
      "metric": {
        "amount": 10,
        "unit": "ml"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "cocktail.french_75.ingredient.3",
      "item": {
        "key": "ingredient.sugar_syrup",
        "default": "Sugar Syrup"
      },
      "amount": 1,
      "unit": "tsp",
      "metric": {
        "amount": 5,
        "unit": "ml"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "cocktail.french_75.ingredient.4",
      "item": {
        "key": "ingredient.champagne",
        "default": "Chilled Champagne"
      },
      "amount": null,
      "unit": "to_top_up",
      "metric": {
        "amount": null,
        "unit": "to_top_up"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "cocktail.french_75.ingredient.5",
      "item": {
        "key": "ingredient.lemon_zest",
        "default": "Lemon Zest"
      },
      "amount": 1,
      "unit": "piece",
      "metric": {
        "amount": 1,
        "unit": "piece"
      },
      "optional": true
    }
  ],
  "instructions": {
    "key": "cocktail.french_75.instructions",
    "default": "Premix the gin, lemon juice, and sugar syrup then pop it in the fridge for 1-2 hours. This means that no ice is needed, alleviating any dilution of flavor. Once cold, add this premix to a flute glass and top up with the chilled Champagne. Garnish with a fine lemon zest twist, if liked."
  },
  "history": {
    "key": "cocktail.french_75.history",
    "default": "Sparkling wine is not an easy ingredient to mix with. Be it Champagne, Cava, Prosecco, or indeed any other regionally delineated bubbly—these wines tend not to play nicely with others. This is partly down to the simple fact that sparkling wines are designed to be stand-alone ingredients, not intended for jumbling-up with extraneous flavors. There are therefore only a handful of decent sparkling wine-based cocktails known to mankind, and while I'd be happy to concede that the Bellini and Kir Royale are also both good drinks, the simplicity of their construction makes for a less than credible claim of cocktail-hood. The French 75 on the other hand features gin so is without doubt a cocktail, and perhaps the only cocktail containing sparkling wine that can truly be deemed delicious."
  },
  "tasting_note": {
    "key": "cocktail.french_75.tasting_note",
    "default": "A refreshing, effervescent cocktail with bright citrus notes from the lemon, balanced sweetness, and the botanical complexity of gin, all lifted by the celebratory bubbles of Champagne."
  }
}