Gin Fizz
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Revision as of 17:47, 20 May 2006
The Gin Fizz is a Cocktail which consists of Gin, Fresh Lemon Juice, Sugar, and Soda water.
Historical Recipes
Jerry Thomas (1862)
- Gin Fizz.
- (Use medium bar-glass.)
- Take 1 tea-spoonful of powdered white sugar.
- 3 dashes of Fresh Lemon Juice.
- 1 wine-glass of Holland Gin.
- 1 small piece of Ice.
Fill up the glass with Apollinaris or Seltzer water, stir thoroughly and serve.
Common recipe
Recipe#1: Cocktaildb.com
- Shake in iced cocktail shaker & strain
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice (3 cl, 1/4 gills)
- 1 tsp sugar (4 dashes)
- 1 1/2 oz gin (4.5 cl, 3/8 gills)
- Strain into glass
- Fill with soda
- Stir
- Serve in a highball glass (9.0 oz)
Recipe#2: Dale DeGroff, King Cocktail.
- 2 oz. Tanqueray Gin
- 3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 oz. Simple Syrup (or 1 tsp. super fine sugar)
Shake and strain into a highball glass with ice. Fill with club soda. No garnish.
Whats the difference between a Gin Fizz and a Tom Collins?
"...the two are identically the same drink, made in the same manner with the same ingredients......"
Fine Art of Mixing Drinks - David A Embury - 1948, page 287
