Fitzgerald（フィッツジェラルド）
A gin sour with two dashes of bitters — the Gin Sour's grown-up form.
01Recipe
Recommended recipe
House spec — an editorial spec drawing on the sourced versions below.
| Ingredient | Measure |
|---|---|
| Gin | 45 ml |
| Fresh lemon juice | 22 ml |
| Sugar syrup | 15 ml |
| Angostura bitters | 2 dash |
Total volume (pre-dilution)
3 : 1.5 : 1
- 01
Shake all ingredients hard with ice.
- 02
Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass — or serve up in a cocktail glass.
Garnish — Lemon wedge
02Taste profile
- Sweetness
- 45Moderate
- Sourness*
- 90Intense
- Bitterness
- 45Moderate
- Fruitiness
- 45Moderate
- Herbal*
- 10Faint
- Alcohol
- 50Moderate
- Crisp
- 55Moderate
Independent editorial scores, 0–100. *Estimated from the ingredient list — a profile sketch, not a verdict.
03History
1990s — Dale DeGroff created it at New York's Rainbow Room as a Gin Sour with bitters; named after the singer Ella Fitzgerald.
2002 — published in DeGroff's 'The Craft of the Cocktail'.
2025 — entered Drinks International's best-selling classics list for the first time.
Sources — Dale DeGroff, The Craft of the Cocktail (2002)
05Variations
- OriginGin SourThe bitters-free ancestor
- SimilarWhiskey SourSame bitters-sour structure on whiskey
06The map
Spirits
