Fitzgerald
Sours · Gin
- Strength
- 12.2%
- Std. drinks
- 1.05
- Calories
- 180
- Sugar
- 19.0 g
- 1½ ozGin45 ml
- 1 ozSimple syrup30 ml
- ¾ ozLemon juice23 ml
- 2 dashesAngostura bitters
The ratio · 2 : 1¼ : 1
Highlighted: not in the Gin Fizz.
Head to head
Fitzgerald and Gin Fizz side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference
Gin, lemon and syrup, shaken, in both. The Fitzgerald adds Angostura and three times the syrup; the Gin Fizz is lengthened with soda and is tart and dry.
By the numbers
The Fitzgerald uses Angostura bitters where the Gin Fizz uses soda water; both have gin, simple syrup and lemon juice. In parts, a Fitzgerald is 2 gin, 1¼ syrup and 1 lemon; a Gin Fizz is 1½ gin, 1 lemon, ¼ syrup and 1 soda. By volume, the Fitzgerald is 46% spirit, 31% syrup and sugar and 23% citrus; the Gin Fizz is 39% spirit, 26% mixer and juice, 26% citrus and 9% syrup and sugar.
The Fitzgerald is the stronger drink in the glass (12.2% ABV against 10.9%), but being smaller it holds about the same alcohol (1.05 and 1.01 standard drinks). The Fitzgerald has more calories (about 180 against 130) and more sugar (19.0 g against 6.9 g). Both are shaken; the Fitzgerald is served in a rocks glass, the Gin Fizz in a highball.
Sours · Gin
The ratio · 2 : 1¼ : 1
Highlighted: not in the Gin Fizz.
Highballs & Fizzes · Gin
The ratio · 1½ : 1 : ¼ : 1
Highlighted: not in the Fitzgerald.
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