Name: Sour (Generic Name)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Spirit; 30 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 3 dash Aromatic bitters; 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised)

Sour (Generic Name)
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Brandy, whisk(e)y, gin, rum etc.
1 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
¹⁄₂ oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Egg white replacement (vegan)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered lemon slice wheel and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry sail. (Skewer through either side of lemon with cherry skewered in the centre.)
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with skewered lemon slice wheel and maraschino cherry (sail).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Review:

This 4:2:8 formula is a tad sourer than the classic 3:4:8 which translates as: three quarter part of the sour ingredient (lemon juice), one part of the sweet ingredient (sugar syrup) and two parts of the strong ingredient (spirit). So if you find my formula too sour than best follow the classic proportions in future.

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History:

Sours are aptly named drinks. Their flavour comes from either lemon or lime juice, which is balanced with sugar.

Sours can be based on practically any spirit but the bourbon based Whiskey Sour is by far the most popular. Many (including us) believe this drink is only properly made when smoothed with a little egg white.

Sours are served either straight-up in a sour glass (rather like a small flute) or on the rocks in an old-fashioned glass. They are traditionally garnished with a cherry and an orange slice, or sometimes a lemon slice.

A detailed history of the Sours family of cocktails is available on our Sours cocktails page.

Nutrition:

One serving of Sour (Generic Name) contains 186 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
14.85% alc./vol. (14.85° proof)
18 grams of pure alcohol

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