French 75
Wine & Bubbles · Gin
- Strength
- 12.5%
- Std. drinks
- 1.08
- Calories
- 150
- Sugar
- 10.3 g
- 1 ozGin30 ml
- ½ ozLemon juice15 ml
- ½ ozSimple syrup15 ml
- 2 ozChampagne60 ml
The ratio · 2 : 1 : 1 : 4
Highlighted: not in the Gin Fizz.
Head to head
French 75 and Gin Fizz side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference
Two ways to make a gin sour sparkle: the French 75 tops it with Champagne, the Gin Fizz with soda. The Champagne adds alcohol, and the French 75 takes more syrup too, so it is both the stronger and the sweeter of the two.
By the numbers
The French 75 uses sparkling wine where the Gin Fizz uses soda water; both have gin, lemon juice and simple syrup. In parts, a French 75 is 2 gin, 1 lemon, 1 syrup and 4 bubbles; a Gin Fizz is 1½ gin, 1 lemon, ¼ syrup and 1 soda. By volume, the French 75 is 50% mixer and juice, 25% spirit, 13% syrup and sugar and 12% citrus; the Gin Fizz is 39% spirit, 26% mixer and juice, 26% citrus and 9% syrup and sugar.
The French 75 is the stronger drink in the glass (12.5% ABV against 10.9%), but being smaller it holds about the same alcohol (1.08 and 1.01 standard drinks). The French 75 has more calories (about 150 against 130) and more sugar (10.3 g against 6.9 g). Both are shaken; the French 75 is served in a flute, the Gin Fizz in a highball.
Wine & Bubbles · Gin
The ratio · 2 : 1 : 1 : 4
Highlighted: not in the Gin Fizz.
Highballs & Fizzes · Gin
The ratio · 1½ : 1 : ¼ : 1
Highlighted: not in the French 75.
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