Name: Bolero Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Light white rum; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Orange juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 10 ml Egg white (pasteurised)

Bolero Sour
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₃ oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative

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Garnish: Orange & lime zest twists (discarded)

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine strain into an ice-filled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A beautifully balanced, flavoursome medley of sweet and sour.

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History:

Adapted from David A. Embury's 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

Rum, like gin, blends well with many other liqueurs. Here's a cocktail using a rum and cognac combination as a base.
BOLERO.
1 part Sugar Syrup
2 parts Lime Juice
4 parts Gold Label Cuban Rum
4 parts Cognac
1 teaspoon Orange Juice to each drink
Shake with finely crushed ice.
David A. Embury, 1948

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bolero Sour contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.81% alc./vol. (16.81° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal

26th May 2023 at 10:26

Really nice drink, with every component just perfectly balanced. Every element, from the esters of the rum (I used Havana Club 3), the fruitiness, woodiness and grape-y nature of the Cognac, along with the citrus sweetness of the orange, plus tartness of the lime (with the exception of aquafaba in place of egg white, which merely contributed the foam) came through so wonderfully. I'd give this a 4.5, personally.

John Hinojos

27th January 2023 at 00:52

This was one of the cocktails of the day in memory of the introduction of the spreadsheet. As I was an user of Lotus 1-2-3, made it in honour. It is a very flavourful and interesting sour. It is spirit forward, but the combination of the rum and cognac along with the juices gives the cocktail a unique taste.