Bootleggers Gin Fizz
60ml Noble Bootleggers Australian Contemporary Gin
20ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice
15ml Pink grapefruit and vanilla syrup
1 x egg white / or equiv.
Soda (top up)
Add all ingredients (except for soda) into a shaker. Dry shake ingredients without ice. Add ice to the shaker and shake vigorously. Double strain into a chilled Collins glass. Slowly pour the soda down the side of the glass until the head of the cocktail rises like a souffle.
To make the pink grapefruit and vanilla syrup:
1 x cup caster sugar
125ml water
125ml Freshly squeezed pink grapefuit
Zest of 1 x pink grapefruit
1/2 vanilla bean or 1/2 tsp of vanilla bean paste
Combine sugar, water, pinkgrapefruit juice, zest and vanilla in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Allow mixture to cool before straining through a siev into an airtight container. Syrup is good for up to three weeks in the fridge.