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 Tom Collins.
Head to head
Fitzgerald and Tom Collins side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference
Gin, lemon and sugar in both. The Fitzgerald is a short gin sour with a lot of syrup and two dashes of Angostura; the 1876 Tom Collins takes just a few dashes of syrup and is filled up with soda water, so it is far less sweet.
By the numbers
The Fitzgerald uses Angostura bitters where the Tom Collins uses soda water; both have gin, simple syrup and lemon juice. In parts, a Fitzgerald is 2 gin, 1¼ syrup and 1 lemon; a Tom Collins is 1 lemon, 2 gin and 2 soda. By volume, the Fitzgerald is 46% spirit, 31% syrup and sugar and 23% citrus; the Tom Collins is 39% mixer and juice, 39% spirit, 19% citrus and 3% syrup and sugar.
The Fitzgerald is the stronger drink in the glass (12.2% ABV against 11.1%), but the Tom Collins is the bigger drink, so it holds more alcohol (1.35 standard drinks against 1.05). The Fitzgerald has more calories (about 180 against 150) and more sugar (19.0 g against 3.5 g). Both are shaken; the Fitzgerald is served in a rocks glass, the Tom Collins in a highball.
Sours · Gin
The ratio · 2 : 1¼ : 1
Highlighted: not in the Tom Collins.
Highballs & Fizzes · Gin
The ratio · 1 : 2 : 2
Highlighted: not in the Fitzgerald.
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