A New Year's Cocktail To Spice Up Your Night

Be it Cooks or Clicquot, real or ersatz, there'll be a lot champagne popping when the ball finally drops tomorrow.

But for those looking to jazz up that effervescent New Year's classic, the bar Drink in South Boston has a high-caliber cocktail from the birthplace of bubbly.

WBUR's Public Radio Kitchen blog featured Misty Kalkofen, a bartender at Drink, in its post "8 Drinks for New Year's and Beyond." She named the French 75 as one of her favorite New Year's drinks.

French 75

1 oz London dry gin
1/2 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup (1:1)
sparkling wine

Shake the gin, lemon and simple syrup over 2 ice cubes just to chill and incorporate the ingredients.
Strain into a champagne flute.

Top with sparkling wine and garnish with a long lemon twist.