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.

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

1. To a cocktail shaker add gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Fill with ice, then cover and shake until well mixed, about 1 minute.

2. 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

By Meggan Hill

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.

Prep Time 1 minute min

Cook Time 1 minute min

Total Time 2 minutes mins

Servings 1 cocktail

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Calories 196

5 from 2 votes

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Ingredients 

US CustomaryMetric

• ▢ 2 ounces gin (¼ cup, see note 1)
• ▢ 1 ounce lemon juice (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

1. Gin: A distilled spirit flavored with juniper berries and, occasionally, other botanical herbs or spices. 
2. Simple syrup: To make it yourself, combine 1 c. water and 1 c. sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved (do not boil). Remove from heat and cool before adding 1 Tbsp. (or more to taste) to your cocktail shaker with the other ingredients. Store leftover simple syrup covered in the refrigerator for 3-4 weeks.
3. Yield: This recipe makes 1 cocktail.
4. Glassware: The Gin Fizz is traditionally made in a highball glass, an 8-oz. to 12-oz. glass tumbler such as a Collins glass (we shot ours in a lowball glass just for fun).
5. Big batch: To make a batch of 8 cocktails, combine 16 oz. (2 c.) gin, 8 oz. (1 c.) fresh lemon juice, and 6 oz. (¾ c.) simple syrup in a pitcher. Have ice, glassware, club soda, and lemon wedges on hand so guests can help themselves.
6. Silver fizz: Add an egg white to the shaker with the gin.
7. Golden fizz: Add an egg yolk to the shaker with the gin.
8. Royal fizz: Add a whole egg to the shaker with the gin.
9. Diamond fizz: AKA a “French 75,” use sparkling wine instead of club soda.
10. Green fizz: Add a dash of creme de menthe to the shaker with the gin.
11. Japanese gin fizz: Add a shot of lychee-flavored liquor to the shaker with the gin.
12. 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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