Jerry Thomas, 1887.
| 2 oz · 60 ml | GIN | 40 % |
| ¾ oz · 22 ml | LEMON JUICE | |
| ½ oz · 15 ml | SIMPLE SYRUP | |
| 1 splash | EGG WHITE | |
| 3 oz · 90 ml | SODA WATER |
1 oz taken as 30 ml in the metric column.
1 oz taken as 30 ml in the metric column.
| Pre-batch | 3.5 oz mixed with ice, 0.8 oz of it pure alcohol |
|---|---|
| Melt | Shaken: +20 % of the pre-batch, +0.7 oz of water |
| Topped | Poured after the melt, kept whole: soda water 3 oz, no alcohol |
| Served | 3.5 + 0.7 + 3 = 7.2 oz in the glass, 0.8 oz of it alcohol |
| Strength | 0.8 ÷ 7.2 = 11.1 % ABV as served |
| Ethanol | 0.8 oz × 29.57 ml × 0.789 g/ml = 19 g · about 131 kcal from the alcohol alone |
FROM GIN
The pine note in juniper berries, and the reason gin tastes like a forest. Co-distilled with the spirit during production. Found in actual pine trees, rosemary, basil, and a good London Dry. The "Christmas tree" smell of gin and the smell of a forest floor share a single molecule.
ALSO IN Negroni · Martini · Gimlet · Gin & Tonic · Aviation · Corpse Reviver #2 · French 75 · Bramble
FROM LEMON · the lemon aroma
Lemon's defining note: technically a mix of two geometric isomers (geranial and neral) that read as the same aroma to the nose. Lemon peel, lemongrass, lemon verbena, and Indian chai all carry it. In cocktails it's what a lemon twist contributes that lemon juice can't: the volatile expressed from the oil glands, not the acid from the pulp.
ALSO IN Margarita · Mojito · Daiquiri · Whiskey Sour · Gimlet · Moscow Mule · Paper Plane · Aviation
A Gin Fizz with egg white (the 'silver'). It is the middle brother of the Gin Fizz family: the standard Fizz adds nothing to the albumen-free base, the Royal Fizz adds the whole egg, the Golden Fizz adds only the yolk and the Silver Fizz adds only the white. The white's protein matrix holds the foam above the glass.
Jerry Thomas's 1887 Bar-Tender's Guide printed the Silver and Golden Fiz beside the plain Gin Fiz of his 1876 edition; the family (Plain, Silver, Golden, Royal) is named for which part of the egg is included. The Silver Fizz survives as the modern standard; Golden and Royal fell out of repertoire. The 'silver' refers to the foamy white cap; 'gold' would refer to the yolk's color. Modern bartenders distinguish the Silver Fizz from the Gin Fizz by exactly this one ingredient.
