Name: Alexandros' Sour
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Tsipouro; 15 ml Apricot (brandy) liqueur; 10 ml Mastiha liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 6 Grapefruit bitters

Serve in a

Double old-fashioned

Garnish:

Sage leaf & pickled onion

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine strain into ice-filled glass.

1 2/3 fl oz	O/Purist Tsipouro
1/2 fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1/3 fl oz	Kleos Mastiha liqueur
1 fl oz	Lime 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 Aquafaba (chickpea water) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
6 dash	Bob's Grapefruit Bitters
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) – Eggs

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Review:

Tsipouro with citrus sourness, jammy apricot and a freshening hint of mastiha.

History:

Recipe created in 2019 by Alexandros Gkikopoulos, Athens, Greece.

Nutrition:

One serving of Alexandros' Sour contains 186 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
16.84% alc./vol. (33.68° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Alexandros' Sour

Serve in a

Garnish: