Gin Fizz

Review:

Everyone has heard of this clean, refreshing cocktail, but few have experienced the real thing. The Gin Fizz is differentiated from a Gin Collins (properly called a John Collins) by the small (10oz max) highball glass it's served in (Collins' are served in larger 12oz Collins glasses). Importantly, a fizz is also served without ice in the glass.

Variant:

Some folk believe a Gin Fizz contains egg white, but the addition of egg white makes it a Silver Gin Fizz
With egg yolk it becomes a Golden Fizz
With a whole egg, it's a Royal Fizz
With brut sparkling wine in place of soda, it's a Diamond Fizz
With orange flower water and cream it's a Ramos Gin Fizz
With a dash of crème de menthe, it's a Green Fizz
With equal parts sloe gin and grapefruit juice in place of gin and lemon juice, it's a Purple Fizz

History:

A mid-19th century classic which appears in Jerry "The Professor" Thomas' 1876 Jerry Thomas' Bar-tenders Guide.

244. Whiskey Fiz.
(Use small bar glass.)
4 or 5 dashes of gum syrup.
Juice of ½ a lemon.
1 small wineglass of whiskey.
Fill the glass half full of shaved ice, shake up well and strain into a glass.
Fill up the glass with Seltzer water from a syphon and drink without hesitation.

245. Brandy Fiz.
This is concocted the same way as the "Whiskey Fiz, substituting brandy for whiskey.

246. Gin Fiz.
The same as Whiskey Fiz, substituting gin for whiskey.

Jerry "The Professor" Thomas, Jerry Thomas' Bar-tenders Guide, 1876

Nutrition:

One serving of Gin Fizz contains 162 calories