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Greenwich Sour

Name: Greenwich Sour
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 22.5 ml Shiraz red wine

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1/2 fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
3/4 fl oz	Shiraz red wine

Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and strain into ice-filled glass. DRIZZLE red wine around surface of the drink.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Greenwich Sour contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.19% alc./vol. (32.37° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs
Shiraz red wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Although this egg white enriched Whisky Sour with a New York Sour red wine float was made in other numerous bars, particularly in London, prior to Manhattan's Employees Only opening in 2004, this cocktail is closely associated to EO and almost certainly owes its name to the bar's proximity to New York's Greenwich Villiage district.

A detailed history of the Sours family of cocktails is available on our Sours cocktails page.