Cocktail No 91 Pink Lady Fizz

A fizz is then you add and egg white to a cocktail and shake it to create a froth. This version is a sour, with a hint of sweet from the genadine, but its really there for the colour. It is sharp from the lemon juice. Not too aggressive due to the dilution with the soda water and the Crema leaves you with a white tache. The egg white is otherwise tasteless.

Remember to chill your soda water before hand, otherwise you will have to add extra ice.

A pleasant refreshing cocktail.

Recipe

2-3 ice cubes
1 egg white
1 teaspoon grenadine
25 ml lemon juice
50 ml Birkdale gin
Soda water

Crack ice and put in shaker. Add egg white, grenadine, lemon juice and gin. Shake very vigourously and strain into a tumbler. Top up with soda water.

Cocktail No 72 Green Fizz

So after making the Gin Oyster I had an egg white going spare. What to do? Make some tiny meringues or another gin cocktail - you can guess which one won the contest.

As with other fizz's the shaking of the egg white creates a froth or crema that float to the top of the dring. The gin is hidden by the mint and the tang of lemon juice. The sugar made it a little sweet for my taste and if I was to remake it I would be heavier on the lemon and lighter on th sugar, but that is just personal taste.

I am becoming a real fan of soda water. When younger I disliked it for the slight bicarbonate taste and the fact it didn't really add much of anything else - to be fair that was with whisky & soda and I'm still not a fan of that, but in this drink it provides the bubbles and lets all the other flavours come through without distortion.

And don't forget to drink the crema at the end of the drink - like drinking liquid minty meringues.

A great cooler for a summer's day, but I still think the Green Hat has the edge on this one.

Recipe

4-5 ice cubes
1 egg white
2 teaspoons sugar syrup
1 measure lemon juice
2 measure Birkdale Gin
1 teaspoon green Crême de Menthe
Soda water

Crack ice and add to shaker with egg white, sugar syrup, lemon juice,
Birkdale Gin, and crême de menthe. Shake very well and strain into a tall glass. Top up with soda water and serve with a straw.

Cocktail No 64 - Clover Club

Bright strawberry coloured from the grenadine, with a creamy head from the shaken egg white, it tastes as sweet as it looks. The grenadine dominates and if you like pomagranates, that's great. The gin is there, but I initially mistook it for the chill of the drink.

Don't be put off by the egg white - you can't taste it and its there to thicken up the drink and give it some texture.

Very pleasant for a hot summer's day. If you are new to gin and unsure, this is a very good starting point as the gin is there, but not over present.

Personally I think a little more lemon juice, but that's just personal taste.

Edit

Wow - wait for the end and the crema - its like drinking liquid meringue - wonderful

Recipe

2-3 ice cubes
1 egg white
15 ml lemon juice
40 ml Birkdale Gin
20 ml grenadine

Crack ice and put in shaker with other ingredients. Shake very well (more so than usual to incorporate and "whip" the egg white). Strain into a small goblet.

Cocktail No 27 Amaretto Sour

By request of my Sister-In-Law, the Amaretto Sour.

This is a really sweet drink. The Amaretto itself is already sweet and you add extra sugar syrup. I thought this would be over the top, but in fact there is just the right amount of lemon juice to cut through this and prevent it becoming cloying.

As cocktails go, it is very mild in terms of alcohol strength, so a good choice for people who are not big drinkers and like sweet things.

Personally, I would still cut back on the sugar syrup. The egg white doesn't add any taste, but does help the texture.

Recipe

Fill a tumbler with crushed or preferably shaved ice. Add 1.5 measures of Amaretto to a shaker with 3/4 measure of lemon juice, 1/2 measure of sugar syrup, an egg white and 2 dashes of Angustora Bitters. Shake on Ice (some recipes call for shaking without ice). This needs to be vigorous to ensure the egg white in blended in with the other ingredients.

Strain into the tumbler over the shaved Ice and decorate with a Maraschino Cherry on a stick.