Southside

SOUTHSIDE

• 2 oz. / 60 ml. gin

• ¾ oz. / 22.5 ml. fresh lime juice

• ½ oz. / 15 ml. simple syrup

• 6–8 mint leaves

METHOD
add all ingredients to shaker tin / shake with ice until chilled / fine strain into coupe or Nick and Nora / garnish with mint

ABOUT
This classic has an interesting history, though some of it may be a bar legend. The name is said to be derived from the Southside of Chicago, where mobsters drank this as it made bootleg liquor palatable during prohibition. In fact, it is said this was Al Capone’s favorite cocktail. Others say this drink emerged in the 1890s and a riff of a mint julep. Cheers y’all!