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South Side (cocktail)

Alcoholic beverage

South Side (cocktail)

Alcoholic beverage

FieldValue
nameSouth Side or Southside
imageFile:The Southside - kind of a gin mojito.jpg
typeCocktail
baseGin
ingredients{{plainlist* 60 ml London Dry gin
servedStraight up: chilled, without ice
garnishmint sprigs
prepPour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, double-strain into chilled cocktail glass
drinkwareCocktail glass
  • 30 ml lemon juice
  • 15 ml simple syrup
  • 5–6 mint leaves
  • few drops of egg white (Optional)}}

A South Side or Southside is an alcoholic beverage made with gin, lime juice, simple syrup and mint. A variant, the Southside Fizz, adds soda water.

History

Its origins are subject to speculation. It has been proposed that it gets its name from either the South Side district of the city of Chicago, Illinois, or from the Southside Sportsmen's Club on Long Island.

The drink may have been the preferred beverage of Al Capone, whose gang dominated Chicago's South Side. The gin imported by Capone's rivals on the North Side of Chicago was smooth, and usually consumed with ginger ale. However, the gin consumed by Al Capone's gang had a rougher finish, and required more sweeteners to make it palatable. Thus the South Side was born.

21 Club recipe

The following list of ingredients for a south side is used by the famed 21 Club in New York City.

  • 2 USoz Tanqueray gin
  • 1 USoz mint simple syrup
  • 4–5 fresh mint leaves
  • juice of one lemon
  • splash of soda

South Side Fizz

South Side Fizz

A South Side Fizz adds soda water:

  • 1.25 USoz gin
  • 1/2 USoz lime juice
  • 1/2 USoz simple syrup
  • 1 sprig mint (and one for garnish)
  • club soda

In a shaker, muddle the mint, lime juice and simple syrup. Add the gin and fill with ice. Shake, and strain into a highball glass filled with crushed ice. Stir until frost appears on the outside of the glass. Fill with club soda and garnish with another mint sprig.

References

References

  1. (18 August 2007). "A Privilege of the Privileged". Wall Street Journal.
  2. Christopher Osburn. (4 December 2017). "New York's Most Mysterious Cocktail".
  3. (23 February 2016). "The Origins Of 10 Popular Prohibition Cocktails".
  4. "Ten Southside Fizz Cocktail".
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