French 75

== Description ==
The French 75 is a cocktail of gin and champagne flavoured with lemon. Named after the powerful French 75-millimeter howitzer cannon, this potent cocktail is made by combining gin or brandy, lemon juice and cracked ice in a glass and filling it with champagne. 
* French 75 from the Wikibooks Bartending Guide—original source of recipe, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License
* Serves: 1
== Ingredients ==
* 1½ oz (40 ml) gin
* 2 tsp caster (superfine) sugar
* 1 tbsp lemon juice
* Champagne
=== Garnish ===
* cherry or orange slice
== Directions ==
# In a flute or collins glass add the gin.
# Top with a half flute of sparkling wine or champagne.
# Add sugar (it will fizz up so make sure the flute isn't full yet) then top off with more sparkling wine.
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