South Side (cocktail)

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South Side or Southside

Cocktail
Type	Cocktail
Base spirit	Gin
Served	Straight up: chilled, without ice
Standard garnish	mint sprigs
Standard drinkware	Cocktail glass
Commonly used ingredients	60 ml London Dry gin 30 ml lemon juice 15 ml simple syrup 5–6 mint leaves few drops of egg white (Optional)
Preparation	Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice, double-strain into chilled cocktail glass
Notes	If egg white is used shake vigorously

A South Side or Southside is an alcoholic beverage made with gin, lime juice, simple syrup and mint. A variant, the Southside Fizz, adds soda water.