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No. 065 Cocktails · Gin

South Side

London dry gin, lemon, sugar syrup and mint leaves shaken and double-strained.

Recipe card

ml oz

Makes 1 drink · about 4 min to make

Ingredients

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Method

  1. Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well with ice (shake vigorously if using egg white).
  3. Double-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  4. Garnish with mint sprigs.
Glass
Cocktail glass (coupe)
Garnish
Mint sprigs
Technique
Shaken
Difficulty
Takes practice

Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.

About the South Side

Think of it as a gin Mojito served up: mint shaken with gin and lemon, then double-strained to catch the leaf fragments. Egg white is optional; shake harder if you use it.

Background

A variant called the Southside Fizz adds soda water.

Tags: mint gin sour

Sources

  1. IBA — South Side (official specification)
  2. Wikipedia — South Side (cocktail)

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