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New Orleans Fizz

Classic · Gin · Rocks glass

From Modern American Drinks by George J. Kappeler (1900). Original recipe: "Half a tablespoonful fine sugar, the juice of half a small lemon, one jigger Tom gin; shake in a mixing-glass half-full fine ice, then add half a jigger milk or cream, shake again, strain into a fizz-glass, and fill with siphon seltzer or carbonic."

GlassRocks glass
GarnishNone
ABV20.7%
Categoryprohibition
Flavorclassic, pre-prohibition, kappeler-1900

Ingredients

  • Sugar0.25 tbsp
  • Old Tom Gin2 oz
  • milk or cream1 oz

Method

  1. Add sugar, old tom gin, and milk or cream to shaker with ice
  2. Shake hard
  3. Strain into chilled rocks glass