Classic Cocktails · Gin Cocktails
Gin Fizz
Classic Gin Fizz contains no egg. Silver Fizz uses white and Gold Fizz yolk in separate versions. Keep carbonation out of the shaker.
- Base spirit
- Gin
- Origin
- USA
- Period
- 19th century
Ingredients
IBA official specification
- Gin45 ml
- Fresh lemon juice30 ml
- 1:1 simple syrup10 ml
- Soda water80 ml
- Glass
- Highball
- Ice
- Chilled, served without ice
- Garnish
- None
- Technique
- Shaken
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Prep time
- 4 min
Method
- 01
Shake gin, lemon and syrup with ice.
- 02
Strain without ice into a chilled highball.
- 03
Add cold soda slowly and serve promptly.
Tasting Notes
- Aroma
- Lemon and juniper
- Finish
- Light-textured and sparkling
- Character
- A bright gin sour lengthened with soda and served without ice.
Tasting scores are MIXY editorial assessments.
History & Background
Fizz recipes appear in nineteenth-century American bar literature. Later egg and cream versions do not make those ingredients compulsory in classic Gin Fizz.
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