Name: Limoncello Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Vodka; 30 ml Limoncello liqueur; 10 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 15 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 dash Orange bitters; 10 drop Orange flower water; 3 dash Cocktail foamer; 20 ml Soda water

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Ketel One Vodka

1 fl oz

Pallini Limoncello liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

2 dash

Orange Bitters by Angostura

10 drop

Fee Brothers Orange Flower Water

3 dash

3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer

²⁄₃ fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

SHAKE first 7 ingredients (all but soda) with ice and strain back into shaker.

DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.

Open shaker and ADD soda water.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Express lime 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 Limoncello Sour contains 121 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
13.86% alc./vol. (27.72° proof)
16.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Matthew Mason Premium Member 5w

This looks right up my street, added to the wish list

Leslie Premium Member 6w

Okay, 2nd try: first of all, my shaker had more than enough egg white to produce spectacular foam. 2nd of all, I accidentally put equal parts Limoncello, vodka and Campari. I kept the lime juice, bitters and orange blossom water the same. I think it had better body and more oomph and was all round more enjoyable!

Leslie Premium Member 6w

Kind of agree with Loz’s wife below…it does seem a bit more “tepid” in terms of flavour than I would have guessed, and I used Campari instead of Aperol! I was really surprised, with the 2 liqueurs to find that it really does need the simple to bring out the flavours. I’m thinking actual lemon juice PLUS the Limoncello would be the ticket. This is one worth experimenting with, I think, it has great promise!

Loz Horner 6w

Opinions varied on this one. I rather liked it. Delicate and balanced with the orange lemon and lime in concert with the Aperol. (I used syrup de gomme to get the orange blossom flavour). My wife found it a little too delicate - perhaps I overdid the ice as she complained it ended up watery and she tends to go slower on her cocktails than me. Still - if you like sours this is a very nice summer version.