Southside
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Chilled coupe, 5–6 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
gin
citrus
shaken
seeded
Ingredients
- 2 oz gin
- 0.75 oz fresh lime juice
- 0.75 oz simple syrup
- Mint leaves
- Mint sprig, for garnish
Instructions
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe.
Behind the drink
A little history
Early 1900s
Chicago / Long Island
The Southside is a minty gin sour with a disputed origin. Stories place it either in Prohibition-era Chicago or at Long Island’s Southside Sportsmen’s Club, and documentation has not settled the contest.
Southside history