Gunshop Fizz Recipe
A long drink that uses a full two ounces of Peychaud's bitters as its base, muddled with strawberry, cucumber and citrus peel and topped with bitter red soda.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 10%
- Difficulty: Hard
Ingredients
- Peychaud's bitters60 ml (2 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice30 ml (1 oz)
- Simple syrup30 ml (1 oz)
- Strawberries2 piece
- Cucumber3 piece
- Grapefruit peel3 piece
- Orange peel3 piece
- Bitter aperitif soda (non-alcoholic)75 ml (2.5 oz)
How to Make It
- Muddle the strawberries, cucumber slices and citrus peels in a shaker with the lemon juice and simple syrup.
- Add the Peychaud's bitters and let the mixture sit for a couple of minutes.
- Add ice and shake until well chilled.
- Double-strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice and top with the bitter soda.
- Garnish with a cucumber slice.
Garnish
Cucumber slice
The Story
Created by Kirk Estopinal and Maks Pazuniak in New Orleans and published in their 2009 booklet Rogue Cocktails, as a Peychaud's answer to the Angostura-based fizzes.
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