Gibson (cocktail) bartenders' guides sometimes gave the recipe as 50/50 gin and vermouth, Gibsons in the early days were much drier than other martinis. A third version, supported by Kazuo Uyeda in "Cocktail Techniques", states that Gibsons started as very dry martinis garnished with a cocktail onion to distinguish them from traditional martinis, but as the fondness for drier martinis became popular the onion became the only difference. There is no direct evidence that Charles Dana, or any other Gibson, created the drink. But, Charles Dana Gibson was certainly the artist who created the Gibson Girl illustrations—popular from the 1890s through about
Gibson (cocktail) make a customer a Smirnoff Gibson at the Bull and Bar in New York City as a final test for completing the course, comically arranging the drink in a haphazard and incorrect manner before attempting to charge the customer $600. Philip Marlowe orders one in the Raymond Chandler detective novel "Playback": "...I ordered a double Gibson and asked if I could have a club sandwich where I was." In Season 3, Episode 2 of "Mad Men", "Love Among the Ruins," Roger Sterling orders a "Gibson, up" at a lunch meeting. Gibson (cocktail) The Gibson is a mixed drink made with