We Made the Most Orange Cocktail Ever

📦 Home Bartender Starter Kit → https://shop.awesomedrinks.com/products/home-bartender-starter-kit/ The Hoskins Cocktail is a bold, spirit-forward gin drink that leans hard into bitter orange complexity. Built on London Dry gin with Amer, maraschino, and a touch of citrus liqueur, it drinks like a cross between a Brooklyn and a Negroni—but brighter, sharper, and way more orange-forward. If you like cocktails that are clean, aromatic, and just a little aggressive on the palate, this one absolutely delivers. 👉 Florida Pirate → https://youtu.be/e_2KjCUsGco 👉 Squeak Easy - The Southside → https://youtu.be/DMWPYFSnyIE 👉 Singapore Sling → https://youtu.be/GISQ7Pl_10A What makes the Hoskins work is how it stacks layers of orange in different ways. The china-china brings that deep, bitter citrus backbone, while Cointreau sharpens things with a cleaner, brighter orange note. Maraschino adds a subtle sweetness and structure, and the gin keeps everything crisp and botanical. Then the flamed orange twist hits the nose with a burst of oils that ties the whole thing together. It’s not sweet, not subtle—and definitely not shy. Stir it cold, serve it up, and let the orange take over. 🍸 Recipe — Hoskins Cocktail • 2 oz London Dry gin • 3/4 oz Torani Amer (we substitute China-China) • 1/2 oz maraschino liqueur • 1/4 oz Cointreau • 1 dash orange bitters Instructions: • Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. • Stir until well chilled. • Strain into a chilled coupe glass. • Flame an orange peel over the drink, express, and drop it in. The Hoskins Cocktail was created by Chuck Taggart of GumboPages in 2003 with a simple goal: build a gin cocktail that really showcases the depth of bitter orange liqueurs like Amer. Named after his friends John and Fiona Hoskins, the drink leans into its English inspiration with a gin base and a refined, stirred presentation. It later appeared in Gary Regan’s The Cocktailian column (SFGate, September 16, 2004), where Regan highlighted how the interplay of orange liqueurs and maraschino creates a layered, aromatic profile—sometimes even calling for Plymouth gin to soften the edges. The result is a modern classic that feels old-school, built around a single idea executed really well: orange, in every direction. #cocktails #gin #mixology