Golden Fizz

Name: Golden Fizz
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 oz London Dry Gin; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Simple Syrup; 1 Egg Yolk; 2 oz Soda Water; Lemon wheel (garnish, optional)

Classic

A Gin Fizz enriched with egg yolk.

CreamyClassicBrunchVintage

5 minMediumLight

Rich, silky gin and lemon with a creamy body from the yolk and a fizzy lift from soda. Smooth, golden, and refreshing.

Ingredients

2 oz London Dry Gin
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
0.5 oz Simple Syrup
1 Egg Yolk
2 oz Soda Water
Lemon wheel · optional garnish

Method

1
Add the gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg yolk to a shaker WITHOUT ice and dry-shake hard for 10 seconds.
2
Add ice and shake again until well-chilled.
3
Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
4
Top with soda water and garnish with a lemon wheel.

The Story

The Fizz family dates to the nineteenth century, and its variations are named by what is added: a Silver Fizz uses egg white, while a Golden Fizz uses the yolk. It was a standard in classic American bars.

Glass · Highball glassGarnish · Lemon wheel