# Ramos Fizz

> Ramos Fizz, the IBA official recipe: gin, lime juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, cream, egg, orange flower water, vanilla extract and soda water. Shaken and served tall without ice.

Gin, citrus, cream, egg white and orange flower water shaken for minutes into a towering cloud. New Orleans, 1888.

Also known as Ramos Gin Fizz and New Orleans Fizz.

- IBA category: [IBA: The Unforgettables](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/unforgettables/index.md)
- Main spirit: [Gin cocktails](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/gin-cocktails/index.md)
- Method: Shaken (shaken hard with ice)
- Glass: Highball glass
- Served: Straight up, no ice
- Strength: about 6.1% ABV once diluted by ice, about 1.1 standard drinks (14 g of alcohol each)
- Volume: 226 ml (7½ oz) before ice, about 302 ml in the glass
- Taste: Sour, Creamy, Sparkling

## Ingredients

Amounts are for one drink. Ounces use 30 ml to the ounce.

- 45 ml (1½ oz) [Gin](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/gin/index.md)
- 15 ml (½ oz) [Lime juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lime/index.md)
- 15 ml (½ oz) [Lemon juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lemon/index.md)
- 30 ml (1 oz) [Simple syrup](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/simple-syrup/index.md)
- 60 ml (2 oz) [Cream](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/cream/index.md)
- 30 ml (1 oz) [Egg white](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/egg/index.md)
- 3 dashes [Orange flower water](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/orange-flower-water/)
- 2 drops [Vanilla extract](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/vanilla-extract/)
- Top up [Soda water](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/soda-water/index.md)

## Method

1. Pour all ingredients except soda water in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake for two minutes, double strain in a glass, pour the drink back in the shaker and hard shake without ice for one minute.
3. Strain into a highball glass, top up with soda.

## Garnish

None. IBA serves it without a garnish.

## Notes

The drink was invented by Henry Ramos in 1888, at his bar Meyer’s Table d’Hôtel Internationale in New Orleans.

The Ramos Fizz was originally shaken for 12 minutes by a crew of 30 bartenders who passed the shaker from one to another.

Contains raw egg.

## If you like the Ramos Fizz

- [Gin Fizz](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/gin-fizz/index.md): Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and soda water
- [John Collins](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/john-collins/index.md): Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and soda water
- [Bramble](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/bramble/index.md): Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and crème de mûre
- [Clover Club](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/clover-club/index.md): Gin, raspberry syrup, lemon juice and egg

## Source

- Recipe as specified by the International Bartenders Association: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/ramos-fizz/
- IBA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qt-8MLADkA
- Strength is an estimate that allows for dilution from ice; brands vary.

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