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Fizz

Type	Cocktail Family
Alcohol common in this class of cocktail	Gin Whiskey Rum

A Fizz is a type of mixed drink—a variation on the older Sours family. The defining features of the fizz are an acidic juice (such as lemon or lime juice) and carbonated water.

The first printed reference to a fizz (spelled "fiz") is in the 1887 edition of Jerry Thomas' Bartender's Guide, which contains six fizz recipes.

Contents 1 Gin Fizz 2 Ramos Gin Fizz 3 Sloe Gin Fizz 4 Uncommon Variations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Gin Fizz

Gin Fizz

IBA Official Cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Gin
Served	On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard drinkware	Highball glass
IBA specified ingredients†	4.5cl (3 parts) Gin 3cl (2 parts) Fresh lemon juice 1cl (1 part) Gomme syrup 8cl (5 parts) Soda Water

A Gin Fizz is the best-known cocktail in the Fizz family. A Gin Fizz contains gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water, served in a highball glass with two ice cubes. The drink is similar to a Tom Collins, the difference being that a Tom Collins historically used "Old Tom Gin" (a sweetened version of, and precursor to, London Dry Gin).

Simple variations on the gin fizz are

• Silver Fizz — addition of egg white
• Golden Fizz — addition of egg yolk
• Royal Fizz — addition of whole egg
• Diamond Fizz — sparkling wine instead of carbonated water
• Green Fizz — addition of a dash of green crème de menthe

[edit] Ramos Gin Fizz

Ramos Gin Fizz

Ramos Gin Fizz at the Sazerac Bar, Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans
Type	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume	Gin
Served	Straight up; without ice
Standard drinkware	Collins glass

A Ramos gin fizz (also known as a Ramos fizz or New Orleans fizz) contains gin, lemon juice, lime juice, egg white, sugar, cream, orange flower water, and soda water. It is served in a large glass, such as a Zombie glass (a non-tapered 12 to 14 ounce glass).

The orange flower water and egg whites significantly affect the flavor and texture, compared to a regular Gin Fizz. Because of possible health risk with raw eggs, most bartenders use powdered egg white.

Henry C. Ramos invented the Ramos gin fizz in 1888 at his bar in Meyer's Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was originally called the New Orleans Fizz, and is one of the city's most famous cocktails. Before Prohibition, the bar employed dozens of "shaker boys" to create the drinks during periods of heavy business.

The Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans also popularized the drink, as did governor Huey Long's fondness for it. In July 1935, Long brought a bartender named Sam Guarino from the Roosevelt Hotel to the New Yorker Hotel in New York City to show the staff there how to make the drink, so he could have it whenever he was there. The Museum of the American Cocktail has newsreel footage of this event. The Roosevelt Hotel group trademarked the drink name in 1935 and still makes it today.

[edit] Sloe Gin Fizz

Sloe Gin Fizz

Type	Cocktail

A Sloe Gin Fizz contains sloe gin (a blackthorn plum flavored spirit), lemon juice, sugar, egg white, and carbonated water. A more common variant of a Sloe Gin Fizz contains sloe gin, lemon juice, superfine sugar, and club soda (with no egg white).^[1]

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The drink is mentioned in the Jack White and Loretta Lynn song "Portland Oregon," with the lines "Well, Portland Oregon and sloe gin fizz, if that ain't love then tell me what is" and "Well, sloe gin fizz works mighty fast, when you drink it by the pitcher and not by the glass." It is not common for the drink to be served by the pitcher, hence the allure of the beverage.

Another song which includes a reference is Aerosmith's "Rag Doll", which includes the lyrics "Sloe gin fizzy / do it till you're dizzy / give it all you got until you're put out of your misery."

This beverage is also mentioned in Book Two of Richard Wright's novel Native Son as the character Bigger Thomas orders two sloe gin fizzes; one for him and the other for Bessie.

The name also shows up in the song "BMW Man" on the Local H album "12 Angry Months".

The drink is sung of by Sammy Kershaw in his song "Queen of my Double Wide Trailer." "We sat there talkin' by the lobster tank/I ordered her a sloe gin fizz/And when them chicken-fried steaks arrived/She said, 'I like living like this.'"

Sloe Gin Fizz is also the drink of choice for the bank robber characters in the cult classic comedy movie Safe Men.

In Paul Scott's Raj Quartet, a series of novels set in 1940s India, several scenes include consumption of sloe gin fizzes.

[edit] Uncommon Variations

• Whiskey Fizz — American blended whiskey, lemon juice, sugar, and lemon-lime soda
• Manhattan Cooler — Scotch, lemon juice, sugar, and lemon-lime soda
• Chicago Fizz — rum, port wine, lemon juice, sugar, and egg white
• Buck's Fizz
   IBA 
  (and variant Mimosa
   IBA 
  ) — champagne, orange juice, sometimes grenadine
• Japanese Gin Fizz — a standard Gin Fizz with a shot of Lychee liqour added

[edit] See also

The Wikibook Bartending has a page on the topic of Ramos Gin Fizz

The Wikibook Bartending has a page on the topic of Gin Fizz

• List of cocktails with gin
• Gin

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ramos Gin Fizz Cocktail on The Art of Drink
• Gin Fizz or Tom Collins on The Art of Drink
• Ramos Gin Fizz in the NY Times