Garnish:
Skewered half orange slice wheel and Luxardo cherry (sail)
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass.
| 1 2/3 fl oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 3/4 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 3/4 fl oz | Orange juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 2 dash | Orange Bitters by Angostura |
| 3 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
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Review:
Why have a mere Vodka Sour when you can have a Vodka Stone Sour.
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History:
Adapted from a recipe in Vincent Sardi Jr. & George Shea's 1988 Sardi's Bar Guide.
VODKA STONE SOUR
Vincent Sardi & George Shea, Sardi's Bar Guide, 1988
1½ ounces vodka
1 ounce lemon juice, preferably freshly squeezed
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
1½ ounces orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed
½ slice orange or lemon for garnish
1 maraschino cherry for garnish
Combine ingredients with ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into cocktail glass, or empty contents, ice cubes and all, into an Old-Fashioned glass and serve on the rocks. Garnish with ½ slice orange or lemon and a maraschino cherry.
Alcohol content:
- 1.1 standard drinks
- 13.4% alc./vol. (26.8° proof)
- 14.8 grams of pure alcohol
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