The Snow Ball cocktail is a brandy cocktail that is similar to the popular Gin Fizz, hold the gin. This mix is great as both a winter drink, because of the comforting quality of the brandy and the frothiness the egg adds, and as a summer drink due to its tall, refreshing profile. It is a classic cocktail and was likely to have first been published in 1899 in Applegreen’s Bar Book.
Ingredients:
- 2 oz brandy
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 1 egg
- ginger ale
Preparation:
- Pour the brandy, simple syrup and egg into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- Shake vigorously to ensure the egg is properly mixed.
- Strain into an ice-filled collins glass.
- Top with ginger ale.
