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{{Short description|Alcoholic beverage}}
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| garnish = mint sprigs
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| ingredients = * 60 ml London Dry gin
| ingredients = * 60 ml London Dry gin
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==History==
==History==
Its origins are subject to speculation. It has been proposed that it gets its name from either the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] district of the city of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], or from the [[Southside Sportsmen's Club]] on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB118738373350801279|title=A Privilege of the Privileged|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=18 August 2007|last1=Felten|first1=Eric}}</ref>
Its origins are subject to speculation. It has been proposed that it gets its name from either the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] district of the city of [[Chicago]], Illinois, or from the [[Southside Sportsmen's Club]] on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB118738373350801279|title=A Privilege of the Privileged|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=18 August 2007|last1=Felten|first1=Eric}}</ref>


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


==21 Club recipe==
==21 Club recipe==
The following recipe for a South Side is used by the famed [[21 Club]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/the-21-clubs-mysterious-cocktail-20140123/|title=New York's Most Mysterious Cocktail}}</ref>{{failed verification}}
The following list of ingredients for a south side is used by the famed [[21 Club]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/the-21-clubs-mysterious-cocktail-20140123/|title=New York's Most Mysterious Cocktail|author=Christopher Osburn|date=4 December 2017 |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>


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* {{convert|2|USoz}} [[Tanqueray gin]]
Ingredients:
* 10–12 mint leaves
* {{convert|1|USoz}} mint simple syrup
* 4–5 fresh mint leaves
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* {{convert|2|USoz}} [[gin]]
* juice of one lemon
* {{convert|3/4|USoz}} fresh-squeezed lemon juice
* splash of soda
* {{convert|3/4|USoz}} simple syrup

Combine all ingredients except mint into a cocktail shaker, fill shaker with ice, and shake well. Open the shaker and add the mint, leaving one mint leaf around the size of your thumb for garnish. Close the cocktail shaker and roll the mint leaves from one end of the shaker to the other so as to gently release the mint oils but not to bruise the leaves. Strain the glass into a highball glass and garnish with a mint leaf.


==South Side Fizz==
==South Side Fizz==
[[File:clover club southside fizz (3285775440).jpg|thumb|South Side Fizz]]
[[File:clover club southside fizz (3285775440).jpg|thumb|South Side Fizz]]
A '''South Side Fizz''' adds soda water:<ref name="fizz" />
A '''South Side Fizz''' adds soda water:<ref name="fizz" />
* 1.25 oz gin
* {{convert|1.25|USoz}} gin
* 1/2 oz lime juice
* {{convert|1/2|USoz}} lime juice
* 1/2 oz simple syrup
* {{convert|1/2|USoz}} simple syrup
* 1 sprig mint (and one for garnish)
* 1 sprig mint (and one for garnish)
* [[club soda]]
* [[club soda]]
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== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="MentalFloss">{{cite web|last1=Puchko|first1=Kristy|title=The Origins Of 10 Popular Prohibition Cocktails|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/57719/origins-10-popular-prohibition-cocktails|website=Mental Floss|date=23 February 2016|publisher=Mental Floss|accessdate=3 September 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="MentalFloss">{{cite web|last1=Puchko|first1=Kristy|title=The Origins Of 10 Popular Prohibition Cocktails|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/57719/origins-10-popular-prohibition-cocktails|website=Mental Floss|date=23 February 2016|accessdate=3 September 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="fizz">{{cite web|title=Ten Southside Fizz Cocktail|url=http://www.liquor.com/recipes/ten-southside-fizz/|website=Liquor.com|accessdate=21 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812034053/http://www.liquor.com/recipes/ten-southside-fizz/|archive-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="fizz">{{cite web|title=Ten Southside Fizz Cocktail|url=http://www.liquor.com/recipes/ten-southside-fizz/|website=Liquor.com|accessdate=21 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812034053/http://www.liquor.com/recipes/ten-southside-fizz/|archive-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 22 August 2024

South Side or Southside
Cocktail
TypeCocktail
Base spirit
ServedStraight up: chilled, without ice
Standard garnishmint sprigs
Standard drinkware
Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients
  • 60 ml London Dry gin
  • 30 ml lemon juice
  • 15 ml simple syrup
  • 5–6 mint leaves
  • few drops of egg white (Optional)
PreparationPour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, double-strain into chilled cocktail glass
NotesIf egg white is used shake vigorously

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

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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.[1]

The drink may have been the preferred beverage of Al Capone, whose gang dominated Chicago's South Side.[2] The gin imported by Capone's rivals on the North Side of Chicago was smooth, and usually consumed with ginger ale.[2] However, the gin consumed by Al Capone's gang had a rougher finish, and required more sweeteners to make it palatable.[2] Thus the South Side was born.[2]

21 Club recipe

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The following list of ingredients for a south side is used by the famed 21 Club in New York City.[3]

  • 2 US fluid ounces (59 ml) Tanqueray gin
  • 1 US fluid ounce (30 ml) mint simple syrup
  • 4–5 fresh mint leaves
  • juice of one lemon
  • splash of soda

South Side Fizz

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South Side Fizz

A South Side Fizz adds soda water:[4]

  • 1.25 US fluid ounces (37 ml) gin
  • 1⁄2 US fluid ounce (15 ml) lime juice
  • 1⁄2 US fluid ounce (15 ml) 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.[4]

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The Tom Collins does not include mint, and is carbonated.

References

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  1. ^ Felten, Eric (18 August 2007). "A Privilege of the Privileged". Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ a b c d Puchko, Kristy (23 February 2016). "The Origins Of 10 Popular Prohibition Cocktails". Mental Floss. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ Christopher Osburn (4 December 2017). "New York's Most Mysterious Cocktail". Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Ten Southside Fizz Cocktail". Liquor.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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