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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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.

Avery Garnett

2nd April 2024 at 19:09

Made another one with my newly restocked bitters: yes, it's like drinking liquified cloves and rust. Yes, it's delicious. Yes, you have to try this.

Elisabeth Feltaous

6th May 2023 at 21:24

A spectacular drink. I'm not usually a fan of something so clove forward but this is lovely.

Alex J

9th February 2023 at 18:22

This shouldn't work. But it does. I may no longer go years between my Angostura bottles!

(P.S. typo in the instructions: "fine stain")

Simon Difford

10th February 2023 at 08:20

Thanks, Alex. Stray 'r' is now inserted. I make far too many typos.

Jennifer Spencer

2nd February 2023 at 19:22

I can’t quite figure out what I think about this very bizarre but not unpleasant cocktail. I like it?

j dawsari

6th December 2022 at 06:54

This is my new favorite cocktail. I’ve introduced to my set of friends and they agree: it’s a winner.

Kaylyn Titherington

25th June 2022 at 21:29

Definitely an interesting cocktail. I wanted to try something different and my partner and I both agree - 3 fl oz of bitters is definitely different! It’s worth a try!

Fernando Yu

2nd April 2022 at 15:22

Most interesting flavor profile...

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