Name: Trinidad Sour
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aromatic bitters; 15 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Orgeat syrup; 22.5 ml Lemon juice

Trinidad Sour
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) - Nuts

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This deep lurid reddy-brown cocktail won't be to everybody's taste but that's only to be expected with one-and-a-half shots of bitters. However, if you like cough candy then perhaps this cocktail is for you.

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History:

Created in 2009 by Giuseppe Gonzalez at Clover Club Bar in Brooklyn, USA and inspired by the competition-winning Trinidad Especial by Valentino Bolognese.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Trinidad Sour contains 145 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
18.06% alc./vol. (18.06° proof)
20.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Rïch Robot

22nd June at 19:30

Subbing out the rye whiskey for a rum is a fun twist as well (and more Trinidadian-aligned?). I've also subbed it with tequila, mezcal, and smoky Islay scotch. Fun cocktail. I love it.

Michael Sepulveda

31st May at 02:03

This is currently my favorite cocktail. Try subbing the Angostura bitters for Angostura Amaro. It smooths it out a bit.

Romina

3rd April at 21:26

I read it several times to make sure the ingredients weren't inverted :D

G. M. Genovese

24th June 2023 at 18:34

Just received my first bottle of Bitter Truth Bogart's Bitters... Couldn't think of a better drink to try it in... As good if not better... My orgeat is Giffard, my rye Sazerac... Cheers! (24 Jun 2023, 2:33p)

Keith Jones

11th June 2023 at 05:04

Love it! My wife hates it!

Avery Garnett

31st May 2023 at 17:23

I'm just going to copy what Alex J said: this shouldn't work. But it does. Just wave after wave of spices. Not at all like what I expected from standing there emptying quarter of a bottle of bitters into a jigger.