Gin Sour

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (168 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
12 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
12 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative optional
3 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered lemon slice wheel and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry sail. (Skewer through either side of lemon with cherry skewered in the centre.)
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN back into shaker.
  5. DRY SHAKE (without ice).
  6. FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  7. Garnish with skewered lemon slice wheel and maraschino cherry (sail).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

This 4:2:8 formula is a tad sourer than the classic sour proportions of 3:4:8: three-quarter part of the sour ingredient (lemon juice), one part of the sweet ingredient (sugar syrup) and two parts of the strong ingredient (gin). However, dependent on your lemons, this should be perfectly balanced, or even a tad on the sweet side. Hit the right balance and this is a delicious cocktail.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gin Sour contains 193 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 15.28% alc./vol. (15.28° proof)
  • 18.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Andre Derailleur’s Avatar Andre Derailleur
1st April 2024 at 09:32
Made with my quince syrup.
Sam Hankins’ Avatar Sam Hankins
15th August 2020 at 22:56
There's a bit of a kerfuffle on that "other" site about the necessity of an egg white to make a sour a sour. Some arguing that it's optional. Any thoughts?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
16th August 2020 at 09:40
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
16th August 2020 at 09:39
I personally wouldn't make a sour without egg unless pushed into it by circumstance or at the request of the person I'm making it for, but yes, it is optional, so I have marked accordingly above.