Rum Sour

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Photographed in an UB Soho Diamond Old Fashioned 9.5oz

Ingredients:
1 2⁄3 oz Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
5⁄6 oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
5⁄6 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
0.42 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1⁄2 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Double old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN back into shaker.
  5. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  6. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  7. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

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

Smooth and sour - well balanced.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Rum Sour contains 204 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 11.53% alc./vol. (11.53° proof)
  • 14.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Rae Hopcroft’s Avatar Rae Hopcroft
26th October 2024 at 04:39
I agree with Avery, definitely not a wow drink. Not unpleasant but “shallow” is a good description. I had even used a spiced simple syrup to complement the rum flavours yet somehow it's very unremarkable.
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Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
31st March 2024 at 16:48
Perfectly balanced and completely fine, but it's incredibly shallow. All the nuance of the rum (I used my favourite aged rum, ed8) has completely vanished to the extent I think you could tell me this was a bourbon, rye, or blended scotch sour with lime rather than lemon and I would believe you. It's just an aged dark spirit sour, but it's a perfect one of those.
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Paul Spreitzer’s Avatar Paul Spreitzer
15th January 2024 at 23:52
Is there a reason why you wouldn't want to do the dry shake first?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
18th January 2024 at 13:14
I've added a link to DRY SHAKE above which will take you to my page explaining the dry shake and reverse dry shake.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
28th August 2022 at 01:40
We reduced the syrup by 1/3 and used a slightly over-proof gold rum. It was wonderful. Nicely sour with a hint of a sour tiki drink. Great.
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Phil Mackenzie’s Avatar Phil Mackenzie
21st April 2022 at 19:22
This is very nice. I reduced the sugar syrup to 10 ml and added two dashes of Regan's Orange Bitters No. 6. It worked really well and I'd recommend this to anyone planning to try this cocktail.
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14th January 2022 at 18:28
More sweet than sour, it looks very gentle at first sight. Pleasant, but too sweet for my palate.
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billy mitchell’s Avatar billy mitchell
17th July 2020 at 16:05
went down a treat.
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