Holly Jolly Gin Fizz cocktail

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Holly Jolly Gin Fizz

  • Weak
  • citrus
  • spicy

A citrus and spicy, light cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a collins glass.

Serve in: collins glass

Recipe by @elusivemoosedrinks

Ingredients

  • 1.5 ozTanqueray
  • 0.5 ozsloe gin
  • 0.5 ozcinnamon syrup
  • 0.5 ozblood orange juice
  • 0.5 ozlemon juice
  • 6 dropsspiced cranberry bitters
  • 1 dashesangostura bitters
  • 5 ozsparkling water
  • 1egg white
  • 0.75 tspcranberry sauce
  • iceoptional

How to Make a Holly Jolly Gin Fizz

Instructions

  1. Dry shake very well all ingredients except soda without any ice.
  2. Add ice and shake again, hard, for a good 15 seconds.
  3. Double strain into a chilled collins or fizz glass and top with sparkling water.

Garnish

Decorate with a dehydrated slice of blood orange.

Tips & substitutions

  • No lemon juice? Try lime juice.

The glass

Serve this one in a collins glass. A collins glass is a glass tumbler which typically is used to serve mixed drinks, especially Tom Collins or John Collins cocktails. It is cylindrical in shape and narrower and taller than a highball glass.

Did you know

Created by Dustin Popp a home bartender from Austin, Texas. This is seasonal gin fizz that I developed for the Mongibello Holiday Cocktail Contest. It drinks like a creamy soda packed full of orange, tart berry, and holiday spice flavors. It really is delicious and it’s a drink I’ll keep coming back to this season!