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To make a Gin Fizz cocktail, shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup together with ice, then top with club soda. It’s the most popular cocktail in the “Fizz” family.
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Recipe ingredients
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Ingredient notes
- Gin: A distilled spirit flavored with juniper berries and, occasionally, other botanical herbs or spices.
- Simple syrup: To make it yourself, combine 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved (do not boil). Remove from heat and cool before adding 1 tablespoon (or more to taste) to your cocktail shaker with the other ingredients. Store leftover simple syrup covered in the refrigerator for 3-4 weeks.
Step-by-step instructions
- To a cocktail shaker add gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Fill with ice, then cover and shake until well mixed, about 1 minute.
- Strain mixture into a chilled rocks glass. Fill glass with ice, then top with club soda. Garnish with a lemon or lime wedge.
Recipe tips and variations
- Yield: This recipe makes 1 cocktail.
- Glassware: The Gin Fizz is traditionally made in a highball glass, an 8-ounce to 12-ounce glass tumbler such as a Collins glass (we shot ours in a lowball glass just for fun).
- Big batch: To make a batch of 8 cocktails, combine 16 ounces (2 cups) gin, 8 ounces (1 cup) fresh lemon juice, and 6 ounces (¾ cup) simple syrup in a pitcher. Have ice, glassware, club soda, and lemon wedges on hand so guests can help themselves.
- Silver fizz: Add an egg white to the shaker with the gin.
- Golden fizz: Add an egg yolk to the shaker with the gin.
- Royal fizz: Add a whole egg to the shaker with the gin.
- Diamond fizz: AKA a “French 75,” use sparkling wine instead of club soda.
- Green fizz: Add a dash of creme de menthe to the shaker with the gin.
- Japanese gin fizz: Add a shot of lychee-flavored liquor to the shaker with the gin.
- Gimlet: Substitute lime juice from the lemon juice, omit the club soda and serve in a chilled coupe glass garnished with a lime wedge.
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Gin Fizz
To make a Gin Fizz cocktail, shake gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup together with ice, then top with club soda. It's the most popular cocktail in the "Fizz" family.
Ingredients
- 2 ounces gin (¼ cup, see note 1)
- 1 ounce fresh lemon juice from about ½ lemon (2 tablespoons)
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup (1 ½ tablespoons) or ½ tablespoon powdered sugar (see note 2)
- club soda for topping
- 1 slice lemon or lime wedge, for garnish
Instructions
- To a cocktail shaker add gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Fill with ice, then cover and shake until well mixed, about 1 minute.
- Strain mixture into a chilled rocks glass. Fill glass with ice, then top with club soda. Garnish with a lemon or lime wedge.
Notes
- Gin: A distilled spirit flavored with juniper berries and, occasionally, other botanical herbs or spices.
- Simple syrup: To make it yourself, combine 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved (do not boil). Remove from heat and cool before adding 1 tablespoon (or more to taste) to your cocktail shaker with the other ingredients. Store leftover simple syrup covered in the refrigerator for 3-4 weeks.
- Yield: This recipe makes 1 cocktail.
- Glassware: The Gin Fizz is traditionally made in a highball glass, an 8-ounce to 12-ounce glass tumbler such as a Collins glass (we shot ours in a lowball glass just for fun).
- Big batch: To make a batch of 8 cocktails, combine 16 ounces (2 cups) gin, 8 ounces (1 cup) fresh lemon juice, and 6 ounces (¾ cup) simple syrup in a pitcher. Have ice, glassware, club soda, and lemon wedges on hand so guests can help themselves.
- Silver fizz: Add an egg white to the shaker with the gin.
- Golden fizz: Add an egg yolk to the shaker with the gin.
- Royal fizz: Add a whole egg to the shaker with the gin.
- Diamond fizz: AKA a “French 75,” use sparkling wine instead of club soda.
- Green fizz: Add a dash of creme de menthe to the shaker with the gin.
- Japanese gin fizz: Add a shot of lychee-flavored liquor to the shaker with the gin.
- Gimlet: Substitute lime juice from the lemon juice, omit the club soda and serve in a chilled coupe glass garnished with a lime wedge.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cocktailCalories: 196kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 13mgPotassium: 53mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 3IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg
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