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Halloween Sour

Name: Halloween Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Akvavit / Aquavit; 22.5 ml Strega liqueur; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (10)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
³⁄₄ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Akvavit / Aquavit
³⁄₄ fl oz	Liquore Strega
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ 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 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Sour or Martini/Coupette glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a SOUR OR MARTINI/COUPETTE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Halloween Sour contains 184 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
18.44% alc./vol. (36.89° proof)
21.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Created in September 2025 by yours truly.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A complex mix of botanicals with pine, peppermint and génépy flavour this tasty gin and akvavit-based sour.

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Bruno Foisy 48w

I used Empress 1908 gin instead of Hayman's, and Bénédictine instead of Liquor Strega. Works great! And the subtle purple-ish color added by the gin just pimp the Halloween theme!

Robert Holen 52w

It's nice to see my own local spirit Akevitt getting some love. 😉
This cocktail is one of the best using it as well! Very good balance between the ingrediens, bringing out the best from each.

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