South Side (cocktail)
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A South Side is an alcoholic beverage that is commonly consumed during the summer months. Its origins are subject to speculation; it has been alternatively proposed that it gets its name from either the South Side district of the city of Chicago, Illinois, or from the Southside Sportsmen's Club on Long Island.[1]
The following recipe for a South Side is used by the famed 21 Club in New York City.[2]
Ingredients:
- 10-12 mint leaves
- 2 ounce gin
- 3/4 ounce fresh squeeze lemon juice
- 3/4 ounce simple syrup
combine all ingredients except mint into a cocktail shaker, fill shaker with ice and shake well. Open shaker and add mint, leaving one mint leaf around the size of your thumb for garnish. close cocktail shaker and roll the mint from one end of the shaker to the other to gently express the mint oils but to not bruise the mint. Use a hawthorn strainer and a fine mesh strainer to filter the contents into a chilled cocktail coupe. garnish with the spare mint leaf you left aside.
