A Fizz is a traditional family of mixed drinks. It is 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. A cocktail. ... This article concerns the beverage. ... Whisky, or whiskey, refers to a broad category of alcoholic beverages that are distilled from fermented grain mash and aged in wooden casks (generally oak). ... Caribbean rum, circa 1941 Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. ... In scuba diving, the word cocktail also means a hazard with diving with some rebreathers: it means a caustic solution resulting from water reaching and dissolving the absorbent. ... A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks. ... Effervescence from soda. ...

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

Gin Fizz

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This drink is designated as an IBA Official Cocktail
Gin Fizz
Type:	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume:	Gin
Served:	shaken
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 most well known cocktail in the Fizz family. A Gin Fizz contains gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water, served in a highball glass without ice. The drink is similar to a Tom Collins, the difference of which is that a Tom Collins historically uses "Old Tom Gin" (a brand of genever gin) and is served in a larger glass over ice. An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ... Main article: Cocktail Wikibooks Bartending has a page on the topic of Cocktails A cocktail is a style of mixed drink made predominantly with a distilled beverage, such as vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, or tequila, mixed with another drink other than water. ... This article concerns the beverage. ... Image File history File links Highball_Glass_(Tumbler). ... A highball glass is a type of drinking vessel. ... An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ... This article concerns the beverage. ... Binomial name Citrus × limon (L.) Burm. ... In cooking, a syrup (from Arabic sharab, beverage, via Latin siropus) is a thick, viscous liquid, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars, but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. ... Bubbles in carbonated water float to the surface. ... Jenever (also known as Genever), juniper-flavored and strongly alcoholic, is the traditional liquor in the Netherlands and Flanders, from which modern gin has evolved. ...

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 creme de menthe

A glass of sparkling wine A Sparkling wine cork Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. ... Creme de menthe is a sweet spearmint-flavored liqueur. ...

Ramos Gin Fizz

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Ramos Gin Fizz
Type:	Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume:	Gin
Served:	"Straight up"; without ice
Standard drinkware:	Zombie glass

A Ramos Gin Fizz (also know as a Ramos 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. Main article: Cocktail Wikibooks Bartending has a page on the topic of Cocktails A cocktail is a style of mixed drink made predominantly with a distilled beverage, such as vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, or tequila, mixed with another drink other than water. ... This article concerns the beverage. ... Straight up is a term used in bartending. ...

The addition of orange flower water and egg whites has a significant effect on the flavor and texture of the drink as compared with a regular Gin Fizz. The possible danger in using raw egg in the drink means that most bartenders use powdered egg white.

The Ramos gin fizz was invented in 1888 by Henry C. Ramos, at his bar in Meyer's Restaurant. It was originally known as 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 drink was popularized by the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans and governor Huey P. Long fondness for the drink. A possibly apocryphal story is that Long once brought a bartender from the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans to the Roosevelt Hotel in New York to show the staff there how to make the drink, so that he could have it whenever he was in New York. The Roosevelt Hotel group trademarked the drink name in 1935 and continues to make it today (now known as the Fairmont Hotel).

Sloe Gin Fizz

A Sloe Gin Fizz contains sloe gin (a blackthorn plum flavored spirit), lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water. It is commonly mistaken that this drink is actually a "Slow Gin Fizz." Main article: Cocktail Wikibooks Bartending has a page on the topic of Cocktails A cocktail is a style of mixed drink made predominantly with a distilled beverage, such as vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, or tequila, mixed with another drink other than water. ... This article concerns the beverage. ...

The drink is referenced 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, and is illegal in some areas. Jack White (occasionally Jack III White or Jack White III), born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan is a Grammy-winning rock musician, singer, and music producer. ... Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1934) is an American country singer who was the leading country female vocalist during much of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

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

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See also

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Ramos Gin Fizz

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Gin Fizz

• List of cocktails with gin
• Gin

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External References

• Ramos Gin Fizz Cocktail on The Art of Drink
• Gin Fizz or Tom Collins on The Art of Drink
• Gin Fizz recipe at CocktailDB
• New Orleans Gin Fizz recipe at CocktailDB
• Ramos Fizz recipe at CocktailDB
• Sloe Gin Fizz recipe at CocktailDB
• Silver Fizz recipe at CocktailDB
• Golden Fizz recipe at CocktailDB