Classic Cocktails · Gin Cocktails
Ramos Gin Fizz
New Orleans' most labour-intensive classic: a silky, cloud-like fizz famous for its long shake.
- Base spirit
- Gin
- Origin
- New Orleans, USA
- Period
- 1888
- Creator
- Henry C. Ramos
Ingredients
IBA official specification
- Old Tom or London dry gin45 ml
- Fresh lemon juice15 ml
- Fresh lime juice15 ml
- Simple syrup30 ml
- Heavy cream30 ml
- Egg white1 piece
- Orange flower water3 dash
- Soda watertop up
- Glass
- Collins / highball
- Ice
- Served up, no ice
- Garnish
- None — the foam is the garnish
- Technique
- Shaken
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Prep time
- 8 min
Method
- 01
Dry shake everything except soda for 15 seconds.
- 02
Add ice and shake hard for at least 30 seconds.
- 03
Strain into a chilled collins glass and rest 1 minute.
- 04
Slowly top with soda so the foam rises above the rim.
Tasting Notes
- Aroma
- Orange blossom, citrus, cream
- Finish
- Soft and silky
- Character
- Creamy, floral, effervescent
Tasting scores are MIXY editorial assessments.
History & Background
Created by Henry C. Ramos at the Imperial Cabinet Saloon in 1888. At the 1915 Mardi Gras his bar reportedly employed 35 'shaker boys' passing each drink down the line. Huey Long later flew a bartender to New York to teach the recipe.
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Contains raw egg white; use fresh pasteurised eggs.
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