Ramos Gin Fizz - the White Void

Unique antique

 In 1888, Henry C. Ramos used to drink Fizz cocktails, which were made from citrus acid and carbonated ingredient. He was gin lover, so logically he was drinking Gin Fizz, which is very close to Sour mixed drink. He had the shiny idea to make a modificiation, that is little bit more hrunchy, so he added egg white and sugar to the mix. This way he found the best known Fizz of all times.

 The issue with this cocktail is that it took 12 minutes to prepare, from a bartender that knows the recipe. Everyone that was ordered one was shaking the hell out off the ingredients - two times. First without ice, so the egg white will dissolve the sugar and will get 'cooked' from the alcohol, and then with ice, so the drink will get extremely cool, so it can be drunk at summer.

 The love toward the cocktail spread so much, that the hotels were hiring about 20 bartenders to work at the same time and doing only Ramos Gin Fizz, so it doesn't take more than 30 minutes to serve. Unbelievably they still struggled to fit in the time-frime at times. A hotel hired 32 bartenders for a private party night, so they could shake in time.

 The issue was solved by Gary Regan who had the genius idea to use Blender for this cocktail, if you do not want to tone up your arms. And this was turning point in the history, because everyone learned how to make Ramos Gin Fizz the other way. Nowadays, both options are acceptable, as long as you do it for yourself. Tell me, which one will you use and why?

Recipe of Ramos Gin Fizz

3 oz - Gin
1 oz - Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz - Fresh Lemon Juice
1 oz - Simple Syrup
4 oz - Cream
An egg white
Few dashes of Orange Flower water
2 drops of Vanilla extract
Top up with soda water


Mixing the ingredients

Blend gin, lime and lemon juice and simple syrup with the egg white. Pour the hrunch mix in a shaker and add cream, Orange Flower water, little bit of Vanilla extract and ice. Shake vigorously until it is chilled down. Pour the liquid in a Collins glass without ice. Top-up with soda and garnish wih lemon wheel. Now refresh yourself.