Southside
Difficulty: Medium Prep time: 5 minutes
The Southside is a simple cocktail recipe with gin, mint, and citrus. There’s quite a history, too. Some say it came out of the prohibition era, others claim it was created in New York city at the 21 Club. Where ever it may have started, we’re happy it’s here. The recipe can be traced back to at least 1916, when it appeared in Huge Enslinn’s book “Recipes for Mixed Drinks” as the South Side Fizz. His version called for gin, lemon and lime juices, sugar, mint and club soda. Lose the bubbles and cull one of the citrus fruits, and you get the South Side as we know it today.
Ingredients
Method
1. Combine the 78 Degrees Classic Gin, lime juice, sugar syrup and mint into a shaker. Add some ice cubes and shake vigourously.
2. Strain into a chilled Martini glass
3. Garnish with 1 mint leaf, smacked to release the oils, floating on top of the cocktail
4. Drink!