New York Sour (no added sugar & low-calorie)

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (4 ratings)

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass
Ingredients:
1 1/2 fl oz Bourbon whiskey
5/6 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Sugar-free sweetener
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters (optional)
3/4 fl oz Claret wine (Bordeaux red)
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Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain ice-filled glass. DRIZZLE red wine around the surface of the drink.

Allergens:


Recipe contains the following allergens:

To make Sugar-free sweetener:


Stir 2 cups of powdered Xylitol Sweetener into 1 cup of water in a pan over low heat. Allow to cool, bottle and store your sugar-free sweetener in a refrigerator. The XyloSweet brand of Xylitol Sweetener performs well.

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Strength & taste guide:


Review:

The splash of Claret wine makes this cocktail – both in terms of flavour and visually. Adding the aromatic bitters will help the flavour but also adds trace amounts of sugar.

History:

Adapted from the classic serve by yours truly (Simon Difford) in January 2019.

Also see Sours - history, recipes and glassware.

Nutrition:

One serving of New York Sour (no added sugar & low-calorie) contains 133 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.1 standard drinks
  • 14.21% alc./vol. (28.42° proof)
  • 15.3 grams of pure alcohol
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New Year's Day

If Auld Lang Syne left your throat dry? And dancing left your feet sore? And drinking left your head fuzzy? Then resist the temptation to curl up in bed

Hot Toddy Day image

Hot Toddy Day

In the days before ice was easily available - and in most parts of the world, you needed to be pretty much royalty to own an ice house and keep it stocked

The day Prohibition started image

The day Prohibition started

One minute after midnight on this day in 1920, the Volstead Act became law and Prohibition descended on the United States, making it illegal to possess,

Beer Can Appreciation Day image

Beer Can Appreciation Day

Here at Difford's Guide we're huge fans of beer cans – indeed we prefer cans to bottles. So we're happy to support this marketing gimmick of a day from

Burns Night image

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