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Thuir Sour

Name: Thuir Sour
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 15 ml Apricot liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 22.5 ml Chilled water

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
³⁄₄ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice).
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Thuir Sour contains 99 calories

Alcohol content:

0.6 standard drinks
6.33% alc./vol. (12.66° proof)
7.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Adapted from a drink created in 2015 by Stuart Bale of 69 Colebrooke Row, London during a visit to Thuir in the South of France where Byrrh has been made since the 1870s. When Stuart asked what Thuir was famous for, apart from Byrrh, the locals claimed their apricots were the best in the world. Hence Stuart’s use of Byrrh and crème d’apricot in this cocktail.

Review

Perfectly balanced sweet and sour apricot with faint red wine notes.

Byrrh Grand Quinquina 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
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Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
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Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
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$2.92 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Loïc Pierre 1y

Quite good and original, maybe it would be nice to try it with less sugar and something stronger, for instance a little bit of angostura?..

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Yes, we add a gentle dash of Angostura...and 10ml Cognac, just to stiffen its spine a bit. A lovely and subtle sour that rewards sipping patiently.

Pascal Mallejac 3y

too sweet...

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