Gin Fizz
ClassicGin, lemon and sugar lengthened with soda — the effervescent classic.
Crisp and thirst-quenching. Juniper and citrus lead, the sugar just rounding the edges, and the soda lifts the whole thing into something light and sparkling. Tart, clean and low on sweetness — the drink that made gin an all-day proposition.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Gin
- 1 oz Lemon Juice
- 0.75 oz Simple Syrup
- Soda Water to top
- Lemon wheel · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Shake the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup hard with ice.
- 2
Strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
- 3
Top with chilled soda water and stir once.
- 4
Garnish with a lemon wheel.
The Story
The Fizz grew out of the sour in the second half of the 19th century: take a spirit sour, strain it long, and lengthen it with soda. Gin was the natural base, and by the 1870s the Gin Fizz was a fixture of the American bar — brunch-friendly, bright and endlessly refreshing. Its most famous descendant, the Ramos Gin Fizz, added cream and egg for a New Orleans landmark, but the original remains the template: three simple parts made lively by carbonation.
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