South Side Royale

Written By Daniel Zajic

SOUTH SIDE ROYALE

  • 2 oz. / 60 ml. dry gin

  • ¾ oz. / 22.5 ml. fresh lemon juice

  • ½ oz. / 15 ml. simple syrup

  • 2 drops saline solution

  • 6–8 mint leaves

  • top with champagne

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

ABOUT
The classic South Side cocktail is said to come from Chicago’s South Side, where mobsters used it to make bootleg liquor drinkable during Prohibition. Others trace it to the 1890s as a mint julep riff. The Royale variation adds champagne, bringing bubbly elegance to this crisp, herbaceous classic. Cheers y’all!

Daniel Zajic
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