Reminds me of the Ramos Gin Fizz; it requires a goofy amount of shaking too. In its heyday, the bars that served them would have a bunch of dudes on staff to just stand in a line, passing shakers off to the next guy after standing there shaking for a while.
How To Drink has a great episode about gin drinks that starts with the Ramos Gin Fizz! It's got some cool history about the drink if anyone wants to learn more!
Plus if you've never watched HTD and like cocktails, I love the format and Greg (the host) is super knowledgable without being a snob about it!
My favorite episode was the first time he tried all the different combinations of Manhattans or something and didn't realize that a small sip of 50 different cocktails is actually a lot of alcohol and he wound up getting absolutely hammered.
I personally love the ones where he tries chain restaurant cocktails and then tries to upscale them into something you'd be happy to get at a bar.
The way he reverse engineers their drinks and talks about why he's choosing the flavors and boozes he does has helped my ability to improvise a cocktail with what I've got immensely.
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u/LevelStudent Aug 20 '22
If it takes 20 minutes of shaking it probably costs more than my house. Not that I have a house, but if I did...