Fitzgerald
The Fitzgerald is a citrusy sour made with Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup and Angostura Bitters. It is shaken and served in a cocktail glass, about 17% ABV.
- Method
- Shaken
- Glass
- Cocktail glass
- Served
- Martini
- Strength
- About 17% ABV
- Family
- Sour
- Flavour
- Citrus
- Listed in
- Difford's Guide Hall of Fame
Ingredients
- 45mlGin
- 22mlLemon Juice
- 15mlSimple Syrup
- 2 dashesAngostura Bitters
How to make it
- Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Tip: Fill the shaker with ice and shake hard for 10 to 15 seconds, until the tin is frosty.
About the Fitzgerald
Dale DeGroff added bitters to a Gin Sour at the Rainbow Room in the 1990s and called it the 'Gin Thing'. A New Yorker fiction reader at the bar renamed it: Hemingway already had a drink on the menu, so F. Scott deserved one too.
Missing something?
- No Gin? Use Old Tom Gin (Sweeter and rounder, so cut the syrup a little)
- No Gin? Use Genever (Maltier and rounder)
- No Lemon Juice? Use Lemon (Squeeze fresh: 1 lemon gives about 30 ml)
- No Lemon Juice? Use Lime Juice (Sharper, different aroma)
- No Simple Syrup? Use Rich Simple Syrup (More concentrated, so use less)
- No Simple Syrup? Use Sugar (1 tsp sugar is about 7.5 ml syrup; stir until dissolved)
- No Angostura Bitters? Use Peychaud's Bitters (Lighter, with more anise)
All swaps for Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup and Angostura Bitters
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