Name: London Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Scotch whisky; 75 ml Orange juice; 15 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Orgeat syrup; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Robert Spain 11w

Pretty good for an orange juice cocktail. As for the whisky, I used 45 ml of Vat 79, and 15 ml of Glengoyne 12. It's amazing what a bit of quality malt can do.

Cass Lawson 2y

Trying to figure out why a 'London' sour would feature Whisky rather than Gin...

Caitlin Eisner Premium Member 34w

I assume because it was made for the opening of the London branch of his restaurant chain.

Michelle Bell 2y

Very refreshing drink. I used Cara Cara Navel Orange which is less sweet than regular oranges. Agreed with other members regarding using Orgeat only.

Yorey C 2y

i disagree i think the orgeat overpowers and simon was right with the finnicky ratio

Kym Harding 2y

One of my go-tos. I usually make it with something like Monkey Shoulder, but a variation with Wild Turkey Rare Breed, upping the orgeat, and a dash or two of Scrappy’s Fire Tincture really improved the booziness/complexity and could be my new favorite version.

Jose Cruz 2y

hate sours ? me too ! 15ml Orgeat .. no simple syrup. Delicious balanced tiki.

Frederic D. Premium Member 3y

Not the most complex drink in the world, but very good and eminently drinkable. I've also made a "Dublin Sour", obviously with Irish Whiskey, that was even less complex but equally more dangerous.

Stephen Curtin 3y

Made one of these bit using Erick Castro's ratio. 2 ounces Scotch 3/4 ounce orange juice 3/4 ounce lemon juice 3/4 ounce orgeat. Absolutely delicious.

jason keane 3y

This is a good drink. I was a bit dubious about orange and scotch- but it’s very good and refreshing. A real sunny afternoon drink.

John Champion 3y

Orange juice and scotch is actually a surprisingly good combo if paired correctly. Another recipe that does it well in my opinion is the Space Monkey:
1.5 oz scotch
1 oz coconut water
.5 oz orange juice
.5 oz lime juice
.5 oz simple syrup
2 dashes angostura bitters
The original recipe doesn't call for lime but I like to add it in mine to keep it from getting too sweet. Another refreshing, afternoon long sour to enjoy in hotter months.

Utku Yazici 3y

You can’t really taste the orgeat syrup, haven’t tried but maybe replacing the sugar syrup with orgeat can get you there while keeping the sweetness around the same level.

David Brockley 4y

Simon - can you expand on your reasoning for frequently splitting your orgeat with plain simple syrup? It seems counterintuitive. I honestly can't taste the orgeat in such small quantities. Why not just have 10ml of orgeat since it's essentially flavoured simple? Seems unlikely to bully anything.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

I was led by Trader Vic's original recipe which calls for orgeat and "rock candy syrup" (rich 2:1 sugar syrup). I've added his recipe above for reference.

Jose Cruz 2y

haha i feel the same way, typical trade vic, no simple syrup on any orgeat cocktails for me, specially on my mai tais

2 fl oz	Blended Scotch whisky
2 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

London Sour

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