Pineapple Fizz
A fruity, refreshing and bubbly rum cocktail ∙ Shake ∙ 3 min ∙ 9% ABV ∙
A Pineapple Fizz is a rum fizz of light gold rum, pineapple juice, lime and sugar syrup, shaken and topped with soda water.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Shake the first 4 ingredients with ice: Light gold rum 50 mlPineapple juice 30 mlLime juice 20 mlSugar syrup 15 ml
- Strain into the ice-filled glass while also pouring Soda water 50 ml
- Garnish with a pineapple wedge or a lime wedge on the rim
Tips
- Squeeze the lime fresh; bottled juice has lost its aroma and gets buried by the sweeter pineapple and syrup.
History
The Pineapple Fizz belongs to the Fizz family of drinks, a spirit-citrus-sugar sour lengthened with soda water, a style first codified in Jerry Thomas's Bar-tender's Guide in 1876. Fizzes became a fixture of American bar culture in the following decades, typically served as morning pick-me-ups, and spawned many spirit and flavor variations, including gin and rum-based versions as well as silver (with egg white) and golden (with egg yolk) fizzes.
The Pineapple Fizz itself is far less documented than the wider Fizz category; its earliest known appearance in print is in the Savoy Cocktail Book, published in London in 1930, which set down a rum-and-pineapple-juice take on the classic Fizz template. It has remained a minor, occasional entry in the Fizz family.
FAQ
How do you make a Pineapple Fizz?
Shake light gold rum, pineapple juice, fresh lime juice, and sugar syrup hard with ice, then strain into an ice-filled Collins glass while pouring in the soda water. Garnish with a pineapple or lime wedge on the rim.
What is a Pineapple Fizz?
A long rum fizz: a shaken sour of rum, lime, and pineapple juice, topped with soda water and served over ice, at about 9% ABV.
What is in a Pineapple Fizz?
50 ml light gold rum, 30 ml pineapple juice, 20 ml fresh lime juice, 15 ml sugar syrup and 50 ml soda water.
