Gin Fizz
Citrus, sparkling, essential.
Gin, lemon and sugar shaken and lengthened with a splash of soda, served without ice. It is a sour lifted by bubbles: dry, bright and refreshing.
- IBA · The Unforgettables
- Long drink
- Shaken
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Strength
- Light
- Time
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Ice
- No ice
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Gin
45 ml
-
Lemon juice
30 ml
-
Simple syrup
10 ml
-
Soda water
top up
Garnish
- Lemon slice
- Lemon twist (optional)
Proportions
How to make
- Chill a thin tall tumbler.
- Pour the gin into the shaker.
- Add the lemon juice.
- Add the simple syrup.
- Fill the shaker with ice.
- Shake hard.
- Strain into the chilled glass, without ice.
- Top with a splash of soda water.
- Garnish with a lemon slice.
The story
Origins
DocumentedOrigin attested by written sources of the time.
The Gin Fizz belongs to the fizz family, which emerged in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century. Its first written record is Jerry Thomas's 1876 bartender's guide, where it appears as the "Gin Fiz": the same formula as the Whiskey Fiz with gin in place of whiskey, meaning syrup, lemon and ice shaken and then lengthened with seltzer. Between 1900 and the 1940s fizzes became hugely popular in America and spawned many variations, the most famous being New Orleans' Ramos Gin Fizz. Unlike the Tom Collins, it is served in a smaller glass and without ice.
Sources (3)
- Difford's Guide — Gin Fizz (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- IBA — Gin Fizz (opens in a new tab) recipe
- Wikipedia — Fizz (cocktail) (opens in a new tab) history
Taste profile
- Citrus
- 4 out of 5
- Fresh
- 4 out of 5
- Bubbly
- 3 out of 5
- Sour
- 3 out of 5
- Sweet
- 2 out of 5