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Hibiscus Gin Fizz

A floral gin fizz with hibiscus and lemon.

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Spirit
Gin
Glass
Highball glass
Method
Shaken
Difficulty
Beginner

Riff on: Tom Collins

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A red hibiscus cocktail in a sugar-rimmed martini glass being garnished with a dried flower, beside a lime wheel, a jigger and a bottle of hibiscus syrup

Hibiscus Gin Fizz

Ingredients

Ingredients for Hibiscus Gin Fizz. Tick each one as you add it.
AddedMeasureIngredient
2 oz
1 oz
½ oz

Steps

  1. Shake gin, lemon juice, and hibiscus syrup with ice.
  2. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and top with soda water.
  3. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Garnish Lemon twist

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Batch it For a party of 4–20

Makes 8 drinks, about 35 oz · 1050 ml before ice.

Hibiscus Gin Fizz batch
AmountIngredient
16 oz · 480 mlGin
8 oz · 240 mlLemon Juice
4 oz · 120 mlHibiscus Syrup
7 oz · 210 mlCold water, for dilution (approx.)

The water stands in for the melt from shaking: about 25% for a shaken drink. It is an approximation, so taste and adjust. Chill the batch at least 2 hours and pour over fresh ice.

Use a 2 liter pitcher, or split it between two 1 liter bottles.

Add at serving: top each glass with soda water. Bubbles go flat in a batch, so they stay out of it.

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Why it works

Hibiscus syrup adds tart, cranberry-like fruit and a deep red color. Lemon brings acidity and gin the botanical backbone. Shaking blends and chills the base, and topping with soda lengthens the drink and keeps it bubbly. Because the soda goes in last, the base needs to taste a little too strong and tart on its own; the soda brings it into balance.

Substitutions

  • Steep dried hibiscus in hot simple syrup for 10 minutes to make the syrup.
  • Vodka gives a cleaner drink.
  • Sparkling wine in place of soda makes it festive.

Variations

Questions

What does hibiscus taste like?
Tart and fruity, a little like cranberry.
Should the soda be shaken?
No. Shake the base, then top with soda in the glass.

Making it: Hibiscus Gin Fizz

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