Gin Fizz
Highballs & Fizzes · Gin
- Strength
- 10.9%
- Std. drinks
- 1.01
- Calories
- 130
- Sugar
- 6.9 g
- 1½ ozGin45 ml
- 1 ozLemon juice30 ml
- 2 tspSimple syrup10 ml
- A splashSoda water≈ 1 oz
The ratio · 1½ : 1 : ¼ : 1
Highlighted: not in the John Collins.
Head to head
Gin Fizz and John Collins side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference
Same ingredients, different builds. A Gin Fizz is shaken and served with no ice under a splash of soda; a John Collins is built over ice in a highball with a longer pour of soda and a little more syrup, so it is a touch sweeter.
By the numbers
They use the same ingredients, in different amounts and built differently. In parts, a Gin Fizz is 1½ gin, 1 lemon, ¼ syrup and 1 soda; a John Collins is 3 gin, 2 lemon, 1 syrup and 4 soda. By volume, the Gin Fizz is 39% spirit, 26% mixer and juice, 26% citrus and 9% syrup and sugar; the John Collins is 40% mixer and juice, 30% spirit, 20% citrus and 10% syrup and sugar.
They are about equally strong in the glass (both 10.9% ABV), and they hold about the same alcohol (1.01 standard drinks each). The John Collins has more calories (about 142 against 130) and more sugar (10.0 g against 6.9 g). Both are served in a highball; the Gin Fizz is shaken, the John Collins built.
Highballs & Fizzes · Gin
The ratio · 1½ : 1 : ¼ : 1
Highlighted: not in the John Collins.
Highballs & Fizzes · Gin
The ratio · 3 : 2 : 1 : 4
Highlighted: not in the Gin Fizz.
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