Parkside Fizz

About the Parkside Fizz

Parkside Fizz is a shaken, effervescent cocktail built on Timber Creek Florida Vodka, muddled with fresh mint and finished with lemon juice, orgeat, and a splash of club soda, strained into a chilled rocks glass filled with ice. Orgeat, a sweet almond syrup, is the ingredient that sets this fizz apart from a standard vodka and soda; it gives the drink a soft, nutty richness that plays beautifully against the mint and lemon, turning what could be a simple highball into something with real texture and depth. Timber Creek Florida Vodka is the right choice here because it is distilled grain to glass on the distillery’s own farm outside Crestview and carried through the PureBlend process, which gives it a clean, slightly grainy character that lets the mint, lemon, and orgeat shine without adding any harsh or medicinal notes that a lower quality vodka might introduce.

To build it, muddle the mint leaves gently in the bottom of a shaker, add the vodka, lemon juice, orgeat, and club soda, shake with ice, and strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with fresh ice, garnishing with a mint sprig for aroma. It pours pale and slightly cloudy from the orgeat and mint oils, with a light fizz on top. This is a bright, easy drinking cocktail well suited to a warm afternoon or a light lunch, and it pairs well with lemon tart, goat cheese, fresh berries, cucumber salad, or shrimp cocktail.

Adding the club soda before shaking, rather than topping it after, keeps the drink from going flat too quickly while still giving it a light, fizzy lift once strained over fresh ice. The orgeat also settles slightly if the drink sits too long, so a quick stir with the straw before the first sip helps redistribute its nutty sweetness evenly through the glass. Because it drinks light and refreshing, it is easy to underestimate its strength, so pace yourself and enjoy it responsibly.

Parkside Fizz is a shaken, effervescent cocktail built on Timber Creek Florida Vodka, muddled with fresh mint and finished with lemon juice, orgeat, and a splash of club soda, strained into a chilled rocks glass filled with ice. Orgeat, a sweet almond syrup, is the ingredient that sets this fizz apart from a standard vodka and soda; it gives the drink a soft, nutty richness that plays beautifully against the mint and lemon, turning what could be a simple highball into something with real texture and depth. Timber Creek Florida Vodka is the right choice here because it is distilled grain to glass on the distillery’s own farm outside Crestview and carried through the PureBlend process, which gives it a clean, slightly grainy character that lets the mint, lemon, and orgeat shine without adding any harsh or medicinal notes that a lower quality vodka might introduce.

To build it, muddle the mint leaves gently in the bottom of a shaker, add the vodka, lemon juice, orgeat, and club soda, shake with ice, and strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with fresh ice, garnishing with a mint sprig for aroma. It pours pale and slightly cloudy from the orgeat and mint oils, with a light fizz on top. This is a bright, easy drinking cocktail well suited to a warm afternoon or a light lunch, and it pairs well with lemon tart, goat cheese, fresh berries, cucumber salad, or shrimp cocktail.

Adding the club soda before shaking, rather than topping it after, keeps the drink from going flat too quickly while still giving it a light, fizzy lift once strained over fresh ice. The orgeat also settles slightly if the drink sits too long, so a quick stir with the straw before the first sip helps redistribute its nutty sweetness evenly through the glass. Because it drinks light and refreshing, it is easy to underestimate its strength, so pace yourself and enjoy it responsibly.