09/09/2026
⚓️*Stories In A Glass*: The Dockside Fizz
It looks innocent.
Gin. Citrus. Sugar. Bubbles.
But the Gin Fizz has always been a little more dangerous than it appears.
Born in 19th-century America, the Fizz was fresh, sparkling and dangerously easy to drink. Its name supposedly came from the sound of the soda hitting the glass — fizz — but it was New Orleans that turned the drink into something of an obsession.
In 1888, Henry C. Ramos began serving his now legendary Ramos Gin Fizz. His version was so silky, rich and impossibly foamy that the drink required an extraordinary amount of shaking.
Legend has it that during Mardi Gras, entire teams of “shaker boys” stood behind the bar, passing cocktail shakers from hand to hand just to keep up with demand.
Some stories claim a single Fizz was shaken for twelve minutes.
Excessive? Perhaps.
But great cocktails tend to collect great stories.
More than a century later, the Fizz has found its way to another port city.
Meet our Rotterdam take on the classic: The Dockside Fizz.
With Rotterdam gin, citrus, sugar, a secret local liqueur and sparkling water.
Born in America.
Raised in New Orleans.
Reimagined in Rotterdam.
Two port cities with something in common: no need to overcomplicate things, as long as they’re done properly.
And underneath all those bubbles?
Well, there’s still gin.
**Stories in a Glass.**
Because every cocktail has a story worth telling.
