{"id":1107,"date":"2009-07-25T21:23:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T04:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2009-07-25T21:23:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T04:23:15","slug":"ramos-gin-fizz-foamy-deliciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1107","title":{"rendered":"Ramos Gin Fizz – Foamy Deliciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was another cocktail that really impressed me.\u00c2\u00a0 Looking at the ingredients I was a bit skeptical to begin with.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean you’re intentionally combining lemon juice and cream and expecting the result to be good.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s just not something that usually fits in my world view.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I should say my previous world view.\u00c2\u00a0 You see, the Ramos Gin Fizz is fantastic.\u00c2\u00a0 The flavor is very unique with the lemon and gin flavors combining surprisingly well with the richness of the cream.\u00c2\u00a0 The egg white adds really nice mouth feel and foam that is flavorful and tasty unto itself.\u00c2\u00a0 This cocktail would really be a great addition to a brunch menu which isn’t really something new.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s one of the suggested applications by a number of folks.<\/p>\n

\"Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the interesting things I noted as I mixed this cocktail for the first time is that the foam is indistinguishable from the liquid portion of the drink.\u00c2\u00a0 It really creates a very unique look for the cocktail.<\/p>\n

So, what advice can I offer as you go to mix one of these for yourself?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, first, make sure you use plenty of ice.\u00c2\u00a0 The first one I mixed I only used 4 cubes of ice.\u00c2\u00a0 The drink never got as cold as I would like as was evidenced by the lack of frost on my shaker.\u00c2\u00a0 In addition there was a lot more melt than I would like.\u00c2\u00a0 From that point on I used as much ice as I could reasonably fit, about 6 cubes in my case.\u00c2\u00a0 Next, make sure you either combine your ingredients very quickly or, if you’re slow like me, put the cream and egg white in one half and everything else in the other until you’re ready to shake.\u00c2\u00a0 If you don’t do this you run the risk of having your cream curdle.\u00c2\u00a0 Certainly not optimal.<\/p>\n

I tried a couple other recipes, both nearly identical to the Joy of Mixology recipe with one twist, an increase in the simple syrup to one full ounce.\u00c2\u00a0 I found the resulting cocktail was too sweet with that much sugar and stuck with the 1\/2 ounce as my standard.\u00c2\u00a0 I never did get around to trying the blender option for creating the foam but also found I didn’t really need it.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t even end up needing to do a dry shake.\u00c2\u00a0 I simply loaded up with ice and shook for 1-2 minutes and got a wonderful foamy result.\u00c2\u00a0 What shaking for 15 minutes will get you I can’t say.\u00c2\u00a0 But then again, I don’t have a line of shaker boys to supplement my tired arms.<\/p>\n

\"Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, the choice of gin for this cocktail can run the board.\u00c2\u00a0 As I mentioned in my review I used Beefeater all week and it worked wonderfully.\u00c2\u00a0 However, if you’re looking for something with a bit less juniper hit try a more citrus forward gin like Bombay Sapphire.\u00c2\u00a0 Lastly you’re certainly welcome to try a very juniper heavy gin in this (eg Tanqueray), however, I think the citrus notes blend really well with the lemon juice and are thus your best choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was another cocktail that really impressed me.\u00c2\u00a0 Looking at the ingredients I was a bit skeptical to begin with.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean you’re intentionally combining lemon juice and cream and expecting the result to be good.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s just not something that usually fits in my world view.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I should say my previous world view.\u00c2\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[110,203],"class_list":["post-1107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wrap-up","tag-ramos-gin-fizz","tag-wrap-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1109,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions\/1109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}