Skinny Gin Fizz
The Skinny Gin Fizz is Cordial Craft’s gin fizz riff, built for height. London dry gin and Cordial Craft Zero-Sugar Lime Cordial form the sour base, egg white creates the foam, and cold soda lifts the finished drink through the center. The sequence matters as much as the ingredient list.
Classic lineage: Gin Fizz riff · Tall gin sour
- Total time
- About 7 minutes
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Glassware
- Collins glass
- Technique
- Dry shake and soda lift
How to make the Skinny Gin Fizz.
Build the foam before adding ice, chill and dilute in the second shake, then use the soda to lift the finished head rather than flattening it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz London dry gin
- 0.75 oz Cordial Craft Zero-Sugar Lime Cordial
- 1 egg white
- Cold soda water, to top
- Lime wheel for garnish
- Mint sprig for garnish
Method
- Combine the base. Add gin, Cordial Craft, and egg white to a shaker without ice.
- Dry shake. Shake vigorously without ice for about 15 seconds.
- Shake with ice. Add ice and shake hard for another 15 seconds.
- Strain. Strain into a Collins glass.
- Lift the foam. Poke a small opening in the foam layer and pour cold soda water through the center.
- Garnish. Finish with a lime wheel and mint sprig.
The rise comes from sequence, not more soda.
A fizz needs three separate jobs completed in order: the dry shake builds the foam, the wet shake chills and dilutes the sour, and the center pour introduces carbonation beneath the finished head. Rushing any one of them changes the texture.
Build the structure before the ice arrives.
Shaking without ice gives the egg white time to stretch and trap air before chilling and dilution begin.
Then make it cold enough to serve.
The second shake supplies the temperature and dilution the dry shake cannot.
Send the bubbles beneath the foam.
Pouring through the center lifts the head from below and preserves the layered look of the finished fizz.
Protect the foam you worked for.
A good fizz is not difficult because it has many ingredients. It is difficult because each step affects the one that follows.
Take the dry shake seriously.
Seal: The shaker contains no ice to help form a seal. Hold both pieces securely and use the full 15 seconds rather than treating the first shake as a formality.
Use it cold and pour it slowly.
Soda: Cold soda holds its carbonation better. Pour through the opening with control and stop when the foam reaches the height you want.
Do not let the fizz wait.
Serve: The drink is at its best while the soda is active and the foam is newly raised. Garnish immediately and send it out.
Contains egg.
The Skinny Gin Fizz contains egg white unless a suitable foaming alternative is used. Disclose the ingredient to guests and check any packaged alternative for its own allergen statement and recommended substitution amount.
Questions before the first shake.
The answers that matter most for foam, soda, and the meaning of “skinny” in this recipe.
Why does the recipe use a dry shake?
The dry shake begins building the egg-white foam before ice chills and dilutes the mixture. The second shake then finishes the drink at serving temperature.
How much soda water should I add?
Add enough cold soda to lift the foam and finish the Collins serve. The exact amount depends on the glass, the volume retained after shaking, and the height of the foam.
Can I use an egg-white alternative?
Yes, but foam volume and stability can change. Follow the alternative product's recommended equivalent and disclose any allergens listed on its package.
What makes this a Skinny Gin Fizz?
The recipe uses Cordial Craft Zero-Sugar Lime Cordial instead of a separate sugar syrup. The cocktail still contains alcohol and should not be described as calorie-free.
Keep exploring the bottle.
Compare the fizz technique with a berry sour, move into a built vodka highball, or return to the flagship margarita.
A fizz should rise, not just foam.
The Skinny Gin Fizz earns its height in stages: dry shake, wet shake, strain, then soda through the center. Cordial Craft keeps the sour base concise so the technique can remain the focus.