TEST RECIPE
BY DUC
CITRUS GIN FIZZER
2 ounces gin
¾ ounce simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water)
1 ounce cream
1 egg white
½ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce lime juice
Lemon Lime
If you’ve never shaken up the elbow-burning traditional Ramos Gin Fizz, take a few practice runs using these expert tips before attempting this cocktail. Not only is it a technical, labor-intensive drink, the Ramos Gin Fizz can also occasionally lack punch, especially when topped with enough soda water to create a picture perfect floating foamy head. It’s essential to make a traditional Ramos Gin Fizz to really appreciate how using lemon and lime hard seltzer not only works in this drink, but actually improves it. Sorry, cocktail cognoscenti, but we’re calling it: Hard seltzer improves the Ramos Gin Fizz. If there’s only one drink you prepare from this list, make it this one.
FRIDAY TRAIN
TO THE
WEEKEND
CITRUS GIN FIZZER
2 ounces gin
¾ ounce simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water)
1 ounce cream
1 egg white
½ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce lime juice
Lemon Lime
If you’ve never shaken up the elbow-burning traditional Ramos Gin Fizz, take a few practice runs using these expert tips before attempting this cocktail. Not only is it a technical, labor-intensive drink, the Ramos Gin Fizz can also occasionally lack punch, especially when topped with enough soda water to create a picture perfect floating foamy head. It’s essential to make a traditional Ramos Gin Fizz to really appreciate how using lemon and lime hard seltzer not only works in this drink, but actually improves it. Sorry, cocktail cognoscenti, but we’re calling it: Hard seltzer improves the Ramos Gin Fizz. If there’s only one drink you prepare from this list, make it this one.
Poloma and her trail of sequins
POLOMA
AND HER TRAIL
OF SEQUINS
GRAPEFRUIT TEQUILA SPRITZ
2 ounces blanco tequila
1 ounce fresh lime juice
¾ ounce agave syrup
1 pinch of salt
Truly Grapefruit
A slightly more complex take on the crushable Paloma, this version dials down the sweetness of the original but has great body and is really well balanced. A touch of salt heightens all the flavors in the can, from the vegetal tequila notes to the bitter and sour grapefruit. Swap in reposado tequila to add extra nuance, but go slightly easier on the agave syrup if you do so.
