{"id":166,"date":"2020-03-24T09:32:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T09:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/?p=166"},"modified":"2020-03-26T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T06:00:33","slug":"southside-fizz-locke-edition-gin-champagne-and-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/southside-fizz-locke-edition-gin-champagne-and-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"Southside Fizz, Locke Edition: Gin, Champagne, and Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> A friend of mine asked me to help her come up with a cocktail for a  birthday party she\u2019s putting together with the instructions of, \u201cHow  about something in a coupe? Oh, I love gin. And champagne. It\u2019s a \u201930s  era party.\u201d I was set. Naturally, I figured \u201920s era because the Roaring  \u201920s (fun fact: it\u2019s almost time again for some Roaring \u201920s). After a  little fiddling, I came up with the Southside Fizz, Locke Edition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Southside Gin Cocktail Recipe\" width=\"1550\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2y1BCamJrR4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin again at the beginning, a classic take on the Southside Fizz\n is some gin, some mint, lemon, some simple syrup, and club soda (we \neven did a non-fizzy edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrinkblog.com\/southside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Southside<\/a> before, but that\u2019s a different post).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being a party, the first thing that I knew I had to do was swap  out the club soda for bubbly. If you\u2019re going to celebrate, then  celebrate. In this version, anything that\u2019s a brute will work very  nicely \u2014 though I\u2019ve found that true most of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz01-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz01-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz01-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz01-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz02-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz02-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz02-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz02-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz02.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Straight lemon seemed a little tame, so I tested out the \ntried-and-true lemon and lime combo. As I suspected (because I\u2019m not \nreally breaking new ground here, a few people have used lemon and lime \nin at least one or two drinks out there), it provided a nice balance to \nthe cocktail overall, complementing the gin and champagne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, it was a matter of the mint. In a traditional <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrinkblog.com\/southside\/\" target=\"_blank\">Southside<\/a>,  you muddle the mint and the lemon, shake your cocktail, then strain it  into your glass. That\u2019s all fine and dandy, but when you\u2019re having a  party, that\u2019s a bit of extra labor that you shouldn\u2019t have to do when  you\u2019re entertaining guests. I opted to go with one of my favorite  tricks: make a mint simple syrup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz03-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz03-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz03-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz03-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz03.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz04-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz04-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz04-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz04-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz04.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To make your own, all you need to do is take a whole heaping mess \n(very technical here) of mint and put it in a pot with one-part water \nand one-part sugar. Bring that to a boil (to dissolve the sugar), then \nturn off the heat and let it cool. Strain out the mint and you have mint\n syrup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, the \u201920s angle? That comes from (apocryphal) stories about how  this someone invented the cocktail in Chicago, on the south side, during  the \u201920s. It was all about the high quality (read: sarcasm) bathtub  gin, illicit jazz clubs, and mobsters. We\u2019ll go with the idealized  version of those stories and leave the dirty history for other sites who  like to make people question the goodness of humanity. Us here? We\u2019re  in for a cocktail and enjoying everyone! (Oh, the real invention? More  than likely a bartender at the Southside Sportsmen\u2019s Club on Long  Island, New York invented it sometime in the late 19th century.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nSouthside Fizz, Locke Edition: Gin, Champagne, and Mint       Prep time:&nbsp; 10 mins   Cook time:&nbsp; 2 mins   Total time:&nbsp; 12 mins     Serves:&nbsp;1 &nbsp;   Ingredients <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz05-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz05-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz05-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz05-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/tdb-southside-fizz05.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"> <strong>Instructions  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Make your mint simple syrup.<\/li><li>Add your gin, lime, lemon, and mint syrup to your shaker with ice.<\/li><li>Shake.<\/li><li>Strain into your coupe.<\/li><li>Only fill half.<\/li><li>Maybe I should have said that first.<\/li><li>Anyway, take your half-filled coupe and top with champagne.<\/li><li>Garnish with a sprig of mint. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>Notes<\/strong>: If  you&#8217;re  making a big batch of this, here you go: 1-part mint syrup,  1.5-parts  lemon juice, 1.5-parts lime juice, 3-parts gin. Put those in a  pitcher  (as large or small as you&#8217;d like) to combine and stick it in a  fridge  to get cold. Don&#8217;t add ice, that will water it down. Then, when  it&#8217;s  party time, take the pitcher out, half fill your coupes, then top  with  champagne, and garnish with sprigs of mint. Now let&#8217;s party!  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine asked me to help her come up with a cocktail for a birthday party she\u2019s putting together with the instructions of, \u201cHow about something in a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[51,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themesvillage.com\/preview\/spices-wordpress-food-blog-themes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}