Delicious Sour

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Discerning Drinkers (19 ratings)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in a

Retro Coupe

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist expressed & discarded. Adorn with dehydrated apple slice.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz Applejack brandy
1/3 fl oz Giffard Crème de Pêche de Vigne liqueur
1/3 fl oz Licor 43 Original liqueur (optional)
3/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Egg white (pasteurised) or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
4 drop Bob's Vanilla bitters
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) – Eggs

Review:

Tis rather.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in William Schmidt's 1892 The Flowing Bowl.

The Delicious Sour
A Goblet with the juice of a lime,
A squirt of seltzer,
A spoonful of sugar,
½ of apple-jack
½ of peach brandy,
The white of an egg.
Fill your glass with ice, shake well, strain, and serve.

William Schmidt, The Flowing Bowl, 1892

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 16.28% alc./vol. (32.56° proof)
  • 16.7 grams of pure alcohol
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