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Green Fizz

After dinner/digestif · Classic/vintage · Herbal

3.3 14 ratings

Ingredients

1 2/3 oz Gin
1/2 oz Green crème de menthe
3/4 oz Lemon juice
1/4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
2 oz Soda water

How to make

Serve in a fizz or highball (8oz to 10oz)

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a FIZZ OR HIGHBALL (8OZ TO 10OZ) GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel and mint leaf.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into chilled glass. (No ice in glass.)
  3. 5 TOP with soda.

Garnish

  1. 6 Garnish with mint leaf and lemon slice on rim.

Flavour profile

11.3% alc./vol. · 1.3 standard drinks · 178 calories

History

A minty, palate-cleansing digestif with effervescence.

This classic drink dates to the mid-19th century and was first published in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails For The Man Behind The Bar. The version in the book omits soda water. GREEN FIZZ 1/2 Coates' Plymouth Gin 1/6 Creme de Menthe 1/3 Lemon Juice 1 Dash Syrup