Southside
Gin, lime, sugar and mint, shaken and served straight up.
Ingredients
- 60 ml Gin
- 22 ml Limes
- 15 ml Sugar syrup
- 8 leaves Fresh mint
Method
Shake everything with ice, double strain to leave the mint behind.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- Mint leaf
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Takes
- About 3 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Style
- Sour
- Tastes
- citrus-forward, sweetened and herbal
If you're missing something
- Sugar syrup → Agave syrup — slightly sweeter, so use a little less
- Sugar syrup → Honey — loosen with warm water first; adds its own flavour
Where it comes from
Prohibition-era, and claimed both by New York’s 21 Club and by Chicago’s South Side gangs, who supposedly needed mint and citrus to make rough gin palatable.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
Specs last checked .