The Ramos Gin Fizz: a history of the complex New Orleans cocktail that survived Prohibition

This week, in a "nod to all things Southern," we’ll be talking with Dr. John Shelton Reed about his book, The Ramos Gin Fizz (Iconic New Orleans Cocktails) (2025, LSU Press).In the book, John attempts to reconstruct Ramos’s original recipe using modern ingredients and addresses the question of how and how much to shake the drink, a subject on which there is surprisingly much to be said. Offering recipes for the original drink, a modern version, and many imaginative riffs, this eminently readable book is a must-have for any cocktail lover’s library.

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The Ramos Gin Fizz: a history of the complex New Orleans cocktail that survived Prohibition is an episode from Walter Edgar's Journal by South Carolina Public Radio.

This episode is 29:49 long.

This episode was published on Jan 2, 2026.

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