Queens (cocktail)
{{Short description|Type of cocktail}}
{{Infobox cocktail
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| name = Queens
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| type = cocktail
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| gin = yes
| served = straight
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| drinkware = cocktail
| ingredients = * 6 parts Gin
- 3 parts Sweet Red Vermouth
- 3 parts Dry Vermouth
- 4 parts Pineapple juice
| prep = Shake all ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Strain into chilled martini or cocktail glass.
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The Queens cocktail is a variant on the perfect martini, with the addition of pineapple juice and sometimes lemon juice.[http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120502/midtown/midtown-restaurant-mixes-cocktails-with-five-borough-flavors Midtown Restaurant Mixes Cocktails for all 5 Boroughs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812134126/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120502/midtown/midtown-restaurant-mixes-cocktails-with-five-borough-flavors |date=2014-08-12 }} Its closest relative is the more popular Bronx, which contains orange juice rather than pineapple.
It can be found as early as 1930, in Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book; Craddock's text lists it as a "Queen's Cocktail".[http://blog.vincekeenan.com/2014/02/cocktail-of-week-queens.html Vince Keenan: Cocktail of the Week: The Queens]