Name: Angostura Sour
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aromatic bitters; 30 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised)

Angostura Sour
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Photographed in a Speakeasy Coupe 8.5oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₂ oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Egg white replacement (vegan)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of drips of Angostura Bitters.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice).
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The name should perhaps serve as a warning, as should the whopping ounce-and-a-half of Angostura Bitters in this recipe, and intense Angostura flavour dominates this bittersweet lime sour.

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Variant:

See also Trinidad Especial and Trinidad Sour

History:

Adapted from a drink created in 2009 by Maks Pazuniak and Kirk Estopinal who were inspired by the Angostura Fizz (AKA Trinidad Fizz) in Charles H. Baker's 1939 The Gentleman's Companion (Volume II).

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Nutrition:

One serving of Angostura Sour contains 72 calories

*Alcohol-free: This recipe contains a maximum of 0.5% alc/vol.

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
14.09% alc./vol. (14.09° proof)
14.8 grams of pure alcohol

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