Southern Club Royal Gin Fizz — The Cocktail Ontologist

Variants (2)

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.175)

0.5 lemon	lemon juice — juice of half a lemon	acid
1 ordinary sized drink	gin — Source allows Gordon or domestic gin.	base
0.67 mixing glass	ice — shaved ice	base
	milk — Use milk to suit.	dilution
	mineral water — White Rock water or other good mineral water	dilution
1 peel	Orange peel — Squeeze the peel in the glass and leave it there.	garnish
1 egg	egg — whole egg	other
2 squirts	orange flower water	other
	sugar — Use sugar to taste.	sweetener

Shake the shaved ice, lemon juice, gin, sugar, whole egg, and milk well.
Strain into a large fizz glass, add the orange flower water, squeeze in the orange peel and leave it in the glass, fill with mineral water, stir well, and serve while foaming.

Garnish: Orange peel

Ice: Shaved ice

The source emphasizes serving while foaming.

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.42)

0.5 lemon	lemon juice — Lemon juice	acid
1 drink	gin — Gin	base
0.75 mixing glass	ice — Shaved ice	base
	milk — Milk	dilution
	white rock water or mineral water — White rock water or mineral water	dilution
1 piece	Orange peel — Orange peel	garnish
1 whole	egg — Egg	other
2 squirt	orange flower water — Orange flower water	other
	sugar — Sugar	sweetener

Shake well, strain into a large fizz glass, add orange flower water and expressed orange peel, fill with mineral water, stir well, and serve while foaming.

Garnish: Orange peel

Ice: Shaved ice

See also: Eagle Fizz, Panama Fizz

Source allows Gordon or domestic gin and gives a judgment call on the lemon measure.