Apricot Lady Sour

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (16 ratings)

Glass:

Photographed in an UB Ginza Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 oz Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
34 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
16 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
12 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered lemon slice wheel and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry sail. (Skewer through either side of lemon with cherry skewered in the centre.)

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN back into shaker.
  3. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with skewered lemon slice wheel and maraschino cherry (sail).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

This seemingly soft, fluffy and apricot fruity cocktail hides a most unladylike rum bite.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Apricot Lady Sour contains 187 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 16.9% alc./vol. (33.8° proof)
  • 19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Egg McKenzie’s Avatar Egg McKenzie
21st December 2025 at 21:02
i served this one up. was quite good. thanks
Kjell Eriksson’s Avatar Kjell Eriksson
25th October 2020 at 18:45
Very nice. Took the trouble to double shake as recommended, worked out well. Four and a half.