Gin Cocktails
Southside Cocktail
Southside Cocktail Ingredients
2 oz. Beefeater London Dry Gin
0.75 oz. Simple syrup
0.75 oz. Fresh lime juice
8-12 Loose mint leaves
Garnish
Lime wheel
Fresh mint
Southside Cocktail Preparation
Combine all ingredients in a shaker and add ice. Shake hard. Fine strain into a coupe or stemmed cocktail glass and add ice if desired. Garnish with a lime wheel and fresh mint.
Southside Cocktail Story
A perfect summertime drink, the Southside combines mint, simple syrup, lime juice, and gin in a singular cocktail that symbolizes the leisure class. Many origin stories place the Southside in Prohibition-era Chicago, where a gang of bootleggers allegedly set out to make their hooch more palatable by mixing in fresh ingredients. However, the drink—evolving from a fizz—actually originated in the early 1890s at the Southside Sportsmen’s Club in Long Island, where Northeastern playboys congregated.