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The French 75 is made with gin or brandy, Champagne, lemon juice and sugar. The first one was allegedly made at the New York Bar in Paris (now Harry’s New York Bar) by Harry MacElhone during the early 1920s. As the story goes, it was thought to have such a kick that it felt like being shelled with a French 75-millimeter field gun. The first version featured calvados (apple or pear brandy), gin, grenadine and absinthe. Gin wasn’t used until 1927, when the recipe was published in the cocktail book “Here’s How!” by Judge Jr.
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