Southside Fizz

Serve in a Collins (small 8oz) glass...
7	fresh	Mint leaves
2	fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1	fl oz	Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½	fl oz	Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
	Top up with	Soda from siphon

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How to make:

Lightly MUDDLE mint in base of shaker (just to bruise). Add next three ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into (empty) chilled glass. TOP with soda.

Garnish:

Mint sprig

Comment:

Thought to have been created at the Southside Sportsman’s Club in Long Island, New York in the 1890s when the style of drink known as a Fizz was at the height of its popularity.

This recipe adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

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A minty Collins.

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