We are absolutely loving this light, citrusy gin cocktail for summer! With the same set of ingredients, you can enjoy it two ways: as a Campari Gin Fizz (topped with Club Soda) in a highball glass or strained into a chilled coupe glass without Club Soda.

The difference between the two really comes down to the texture of the drink. The Club Soda adds a fizziness (thus, Fizz in the name), while the Sour drinks more like a Clover Club cocktail or a Paper Plane — no ice, straight up chilled. This is pretty much always my preference. I love an ice cold cocktail with no ice to dilute it. But the beauty of these gin cocktail recipes are that you can use the same ingredients to please a variety of preferences!

The star ingredients are gin, Campari, and fresh lemon juice — classics! Add a little homemade simple syrup to sweeten and an egg white to create a frothy, luxurious texture. This is one summer cocktail you absolutely must try!

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Ingredients for campari gin fizz — Ingredients for a Campari Gin Fizz (with club soda)

Ingredients for campari gin sour — Ingredients for a Campari Gin Fizz (with club soda)

Ingredients For A Campari Gin Fizz (Or Sour)

You’ll need Gin, Campari, fresh lemon juice, simple syrup, and a fresh egg white.

If you’re making a Fizz, you’ll also want to grab some club soda. The campari gin sour is made without.

For both, you’ll need a cocktail shaker with a lid or fine mesh strainer. Grab a highball glass for the Fizz, or a coupe glass for the Sour.

How Do You Make Simple Syrup?

To make simple syrup at home, combine 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a small sauce pan. Heat without bringing to a boil until the sugar has melted. Store leftover simple syrup in a squeeze bottle or airtight container in a fridge. When sealed and stored in a refrigerator, simple syrup will keep for weeks.

Alternatively, you can substitute simple syrup with agave nectar in a pinch!

How To Make A Campari Gin Fizz

Shake ingredients together. Place 1 ½ oz gin, ¾ oz Campari, ¾ oz lemon juice, ½ oz simple syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice. Secure lid, then shake for 20 seconds to aerate the drink until the egg white is frothy.

Strain into a chilled highball glass filled halfway with ice. Top off with chilled club soda, then garnish with lemon peel.

This is such a light, refreshing gin cocktail! Perfect for summer sipping.

How To Make A Campari Gin Sour

I’ll cut straight to the chase: the cocktail is made exactly the same way as the Campari Gin Fizz, with the only exception being it’s not topped with club soda.

Instead, strain the shaken cocktail into a chilled coupe glass. That’s it!

Personally, I prefer the Campari gin sour. Both highlight the natural flavors of gin, Campari, and lemon juice. While the Fizz offers, well, a fizzy texture thanks to the club soda, the sour has a more straight forward citrus flavor that is totally up my alley.

My favorite cocktail is the Paper Plane, after all, and these share a lot of similarities in terms of flavor.

What’s A Dry Shake? Is It Necessary?

In a dry shake, a cocktail is shaken twice. The first shake happens with all the ingredients before adding ice. Once the egg white begins to froth, you add the ice and shake a second time. This creates a super luscious, foamy top.

You can totally do that here! We’ve found that if you simply add ice and shake for a good 20 seconds or so, you still get an extremely frothy top.

Two gin cocktails with campari and lemon juice — **Don’t forget to pin this for later!**

Cheers to all the summer cocktails! This one is not only delicious, but beautiful too.

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Campari Gin Fizz (Sweet and Sour Cocktail)

The Campari Gin Fizz is a sweet and sour cocktail that is made with gin, campari, and fresh lemon juice. To cut their sharp flavors, simple syrup and an egg white are mixed in as well (the latter of which provides a smooth, silky texture and a frothy top). Finish with club soda for the classic fizz cocktail, or leave it off and strain into a coupe glass for a Campari Gin Sour.

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Course: Cocktail

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: egg white cocktail, gin cocktail, summer cocktail, what is campari

Servings: drink

Calories: 151kcal

Author: Ari Laing

Equipment

Cocktail shaker with strainer or large glass with tight fitting lid and a fine mesh strainer

Highball glass if making Campari Gin Fizz

Coupe glass if making Campari Gin Sour

Ingredients

1 ½ oz gin such as The Botanist
¾ oz Campari
¾ oz fresh lemon juice about ½ large lemon
½ oz simple syrup
1 large egg white
1 oz club soda chilled, optional
Lemon peel for garnish

Instructions

Shake ingredients together. Place 1 ½ oz gin, ¾ oz Campari, ¾ oz lemon juice, ½ oz simple syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice. Secure lid, then shake for 20 seconds to aerate the drink until the egg white is frothy.
To make a Campari Gin Fizz: Strain into a chilled highball glass filled halfway with ice. Top off with chilled club soda, then garnish with lemon peel.
To make a Campari Gin Sour: Strain into a chilled coupe glass without adding club soda.

Notes

To make simple syrup at home, combine 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar in a small sauce pan. Heat without bringing to a boil until the sugar has melted. Store leftover simple syrup in a squeeze bottle or airtight container in a fridge. When sealed and stored in a refrigerator, simple syrup will keep for weeks.

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