How to Make a Gin Fizz: Classic Gin Fizz Recipe

The Gin Fizz is a classic cocktail that traditionally calls for just four ingredients: gin, lemon juice, sweetener, and soda water. It’s light, refreshing, and—you guessed it—incredibly fizzy and foamy. For presentation, tall glasses like the highball glass and Collins glass are usually best to accommodate the gin cocktail’s frothy head, but many bartenders will use rocks glasses as well.

Some versions of the Gin Fizz call for egg whites, though traditionally this cocktail is made without eggs. If you include egg whites, it should be dry shaken (shaken with no ice) to create the frothiest head.