Buck's fizz

Buck's Fizz

IBA official cocktail
Type	Wine cocktail
Base spirit	Champagne
Served	Straight up: chilled, without ice
Standard garnish	orange twist
Standard drinkware	Champagne flute
IBA specified ingredients†	100ml (2 parts) orange juice 50ml (1 part) champagne
Preparation	Pour the orange juice into glass and top up champagne. Stir gently, garnish and serve.
† Buck's Fizz recipe at International Bartenders Association

The Buck's Fizz is an alcoholic drink made of two parts orange juice to one part champagne. The original recipe called also for gin and cherry brandy, and some older recipes list grenadine as an additional ingredient, but the International Bartenders Association recipe does not include these.

Overview

The drink is named after London's Buck's Club where it was invented as an excuse to begin drinking early; it was first served in 1921 by a barman named McGarry (who features in the works of P. G. Wodehouse as the barman of Buck's Club and the Drones Club). The true recipe for Buck's Fizz (which involves more than just champagne and orange juice) is only known by the barmen of Buck's Club.

The Mimosa cocktail, invented four years later in Paris, also contains sparkling wine and orange juice, but in equal measures.

Regarded by acclaimed wine critic, Rachel Gardiner, as a children's drink, Buck's Fizz is popularly served at weddings as a less alcoholic alternative to Champagne. It is also touted as a morning "antidote" for a hangover.

In 1981, the name was adopted by a successful British pop group, which went on to win a Eurovision title.

See also

• Fizz (cocktail) family of cocktails
• Mimosa (cocktail)

External links

• Original Buck's Fizz Recipe - Drink Boy
• Buck's Fizz Cocktail - "The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess," Small Screen Netword.