Best Gin Fizz Recipes

SLOE GIN FIZZ COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place 2 ice cubes in a highball glass. Set aside in the freezer.
• Combine sloe gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add ice; cover and shake until chilled. Strain into the prepared highball glass. Stir in club soda. Garnish with a slice of lemon.

GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Pour the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a cocktail shaker and fill up with ice cubes. Shake well until the outside of the shaker feels cold then strain into a tall glass filled with more ice and top up with sparkling water. Garnish with a lemon slice.

RAMOS GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• 1. Combine sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil until sugar dissolves. Remove this simple syrup from heat and cool completely. Stir gin, lemon juice, lime juice, simple syrup, and orange blossom water together in a large pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled.
• 2. Pour 4 ounces of gin mixture, 1 cup of ice, and a splash of light cream into a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously until frothy, about 30 seconds. Strain into a highball glass. Top with club soda and garnish with citrus slices.

CANTALOUPE GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Fill a glass with ice. Add the cantaloupe syrup and gin and stir for 10 to 15 seconds. Top with a splash of seltzer and stir once again. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
• Add the cantaloupe, lime zest and juice to a high-powered blender. Blend on high until smooth. Strain liquid into a measuring cup. Stir in agave.

GIN-BERRY FIZZ

Steps:

• Muddle strawberries and sugar in a mixing glass until crushed. Add gin and stir to dissolve sugar. Strain into 2 ice-filled Collins or rocks glasses. Top with seltzer.

SLOE GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Add ice to highball glass. In cocktail shaker with ice, shake sloe gin, gin, lemon juice and powdered sugar until blended. Pour into glass, straining out ice. Fill glass with club soda. Garnish with orange slice and cherry.

BLACKBERRY GIN FIZZ FLOAT

Steps:

• Heat the blackberries, sugar, and water in a small pot over medium-high heat. While warming, smash with a potato masher, until a thick even consistency is reached, about 8 minutes.
• Pour the blackberries through a sieve, into a bowl, pushing some flesh through with the juices, making sure to catch the seeds. Cool in the refrigerator for at least 10 minutes.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with 2 tablespoons of blackberry puree, 2 tablespoons of the mint leaves, 2 ounces of gin, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and a handful of ice. Shake vigorously 5 to 6 times until the drink is ice cold. Strain the mixture into a tall glass. Top with 6 ounces of ginger ale and stir lightly. Repeat for the remaining 3 servings. Finish and serve with a scoop of sorbet or ice cream.

ROSEMARY GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• For the rosemary simple syrup: Combine the sugar, 3/4 cup water and the rosemary sprigs in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring and muddling the rosemary with a wooden spoon, until the sugar has completely dissolved, about 1 minute. Take off the heat and cool to room temperature. Strain into a small container. The syrup can be kept refrigerated in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.
• For the rosemary gin fizz: Combine the gin, lemon juice, lime juice and 2 tablespoons simple syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously, then strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Top off with the seltzer and garnish with the rosemary sprig.

RASPBERRY GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• In a mixing glass, muddle red raspberries and framboise. Add Bombay Sapphire, egg white, and fresh lemon sour; shake with ice until well blended. Double strain into a Fizz glass and spritz with chilled seltzer water.

BLACKBERRY-GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Purée blackberries and sugar in a blender. Let stand, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved, about 10 minutes. Strain purée through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher (there will be about 3/4 cup); discard seeds in sieve. Stir gin and lime juice into pitcher.
• Divide drink among ice-filled glasses; top with soda. Garnish each with a basil sprig.

THE ORIGINAL RAMOS GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Fill a Collins glass with ice and set aside to chill.
• In a glass shaker, add all of the ingredients.
• Add ice to the shaker.
• Shake vigorously 50 times.
• Strain into the chilled Collins glass.
• Add Seltzer water until it froths just above the top of the glass.
• No garnish needed.

RHUBARB & GINGER NO-GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Put the rhubarb, the rhubarb syrup, sugar, stem ginger and 1 tbsp water in a small pan and bring to a gentle simmer, breaking up the rhubarb with a back of a spoon. Remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 1 hr. Strain into a jug, pressing the rhubarb through to release all the juice. Discard the solids and leave to cool completely. Will keep, chilled, for up to two days.
• Put 1 tbsp of the prepared rhubarb ginger syrup into the bottom of four champagne flutes. Divide the lime juice between the glasses, about 1 tsp each. Add the non alcoholic rhubarb & ginger flavour gin to each glass and stir with a bar spoon or teaspoon. Top the flutes up with the chilled nosecco and put a piece of crystallised ginger onto the side of each glass to serve.

WATERMELON GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Puree the watermelon. Strain (I do not strain, I simply use the puree); divide the juice among 4 TALL ice-filled glasses.
• Top each glass with 1 1/2 ounces gin, 2 tablespoons lime juice and 1/3 cup ginger ale (I use a little more soda).
• Garnish with the lime wedges.
• NOTE: I mix mine up to take to the pool by combining the puree, gin and lime juice in a container and then just take cans of soda. I find that this amount makes 5 LARGE drinks.

RAMOS GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• *Also called orange flower water; available in liquor stores and in the specialty foods section of some supermarkets.
• In large cocktail shaker, combine gin, orange blossom water, egg white, half-and-half, lemon juice, lime juice, and simple syrup. Shake vigorously for 25 seconds. Add ice and shake for 30 seconds more.
• Strain mixture into 8-ounce glass. Slowly pour soda water down inside edge of shaker to loosen remaining froth. Gently ease soda water/froth mix onto drink and serve.

RAMOS GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine gin, lime juice, lemon juice, orangeflower water, sugar, egg white, and light cream (or half-and-half). Shake vigorously, and pour into a cocktail glass. Top drink with seltzer, and garnish with ground cinnamon, if desired; serve immediately.

BLACKBERRY GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Tip the gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and egg white into a cocktail shaker. Shake well until frothy, then add a large handful of ice and shake again until the outside of the shaker feels cold.
• Double-strain into a tall glass filled with some more ice, then top up with the sparkling water. Thread a blackberry onto a cocktail stick to use as a garnish, or top with a thyme sprig.

CRANBERRY GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Tip the sugar and 150ml water into a saucepan set over a low heat and heat until all the sugar has dissolved. Turn up the heat to medium-low and add the cranberries. Cook, stirring occasionally for 15 mins or until the cranberries have started to break down. Leave to cool, then blitz to a smooth purée using a hand blender, if you like (you can also leave it as is). Will keep in a sterilised sealed jar in the fridge for up to a week.
• To serve, spoon 1 tbsp of the cranberry purée into each glass, stir in a single or double measure of the gin and top up with the soda water. Garnish each glass with an orange slice and add a few ice cubes. Alternatively, mix everything together in a jug and serve.

BLENDED CITRUS GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• Place first 8 ingredients in blender; blend until smooth. Pour into 4 glasses. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Garnish with lemon- and lime-peel twists and lemon slices.

CUCUMBER-INFUSED GIN-AND-GRAPEFRUIT FIZZ

Steps:

• Place cucumbers in a small pitcher. Mash with a muddling tool or a wooden spoon until cucumbers release juices and break down into small pieces. Add gin, cover, and refrigerate at least 12 hours and up to 3 days.
• Place ice in each serving glass. Pour 1 1/2 ounces cucumber-infused gin into each and top with soda. Stir once, garnish with cucumber slices, and serve immediately.

CITRUS-BLOSSOM GIN FIZZ

Steps:

• For syrup:
• Mix 2 cups water, sugar, and lemon verbena, if desired, in medium saucepan. Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (colored part) from orange and lemon; add peel to saucepan. Bring sugar mixture to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 minutes. Cool completely. Stir in orange-flower water. (Can be made 2 weeks ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• For drinks:
• Combine 6 tablespoons syrup, 3 cups ice, 1/4 cup gin, 1/4 cup cream, 2 egg whites, and 2 tablespoons lemon juice in blender. Blend until smooth and foamy. Divide among 4 glasses. Repeat with 6 tablespoons syrup and remaining ice, gin, cream, egg whites, and juice. Sprinkle drinks with nutmeg; garnish with lemon verbena sprigs, if desired.
• **Market tip:**Lemon verbena is sold at nurseries and some farmers' markets. *A flavoring extract; available in the liquor aisle or baking section of some supermarkets and at liquor stores.