Southside Fizz

Southside Fizz image
Serve in
a Collins (small 8oz) glass...
7 fresh Mint leaves
2 shot Rutte Dry Gin BUY
1 shot Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ shot 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 dink known as a Fizz was at the height of its popularity.

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

Origin:

A minty Collins.

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