Name: Hawaiian Stone Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Pineapple juice; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Pimento bitters

Hawaiian Stone Sour
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Photographed in a Kahiko MaiTai Black 12oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 oz	Pineapple juice
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Pimento bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered pineapple wedge or dehydrated pineapple slice and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with skewered pineapple wedge or slice and maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Cocktail of the day:

21st August 2025 is Hawaii became the 50th US State

Review:

A Stone Sour is usually a sour cocktail with orange juice, and Dale DeGroff replaced the orange juice with pineapple juice in this "tropical" riff on a Bourbon Stone Sour.

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Variant:

Add Tiki vibes by replacing all or some of the sugar syrup with orgeat syrup.
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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2000 by Dale DeGroff "as a poolside drink for a regular guest at the Rainbow Room's Promenade Bar" in New York City, USA.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Hawaiian Stone Sour contains 180 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
13.29% alc./vol. (13.29° proof)
15 grams of pure alcohol

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Andre Derailleur

18th April at 08:29

I preferred Two shots of bourbon and use ogeat instead of sugar syrup. Tikiness with bourbon warmth.

John Hinojos

19th January at 03:10

Had this again with a California Bourbon which added a slight spicy (savoury; not hot) touch to the after taste. Left out the syrup to make the final cocktail dryer. Wonderful. Getting elevated up to my favourite cocktails.

Rick Spamer

23rd August 2024 at 15:39

Got to try this as it's the COTD on my birthday, it looks like it's right up my alley!

Matt

1st August 2024 at 02:24

A really delicious tiki drink, I especially like the bourbon backbone. Pineapple works very well with the bourbon and lemon. I used allspice dram in place of the pimento bitters (not available locally, and $20/5 oz on Amazon) - I didn't really make much of an impact (maybe the bitters are worth it?)

Chris Brislawn

12th March 2024 at 03:50

Macerated a chunk of pineapple in the shaker for extra fruit, used half lemon/half lime juice and orgeat instead of syrup. No DeGroff bitters but I do have homemade, unsweetened pimento dram so used a tsp of that instead. Did somebody say Tiki?!

Anne-Marie Murray

22nd November 2023 at 01:18

This is a sumptuous sour! Made it with orgeat and half lemon, half lime. Too bad we’re on the cusp of winter right now.

Michael Farrant

4th November 2023 at 20:41

Lush, a much better version of the Hunk IMHO!!

Dávid Ugróczi

26th August 2023 at 19:18

I used orgeat syrup instead of sugar as recommended, upped the lime juice to 25 ml and the pineapple juice to 30 ml.
Great drink, quite dangerous too, as it goes down super easy.

Jason Lander

27th July 2023 at 10:31

Nice cocktail! Although the photo used looks like a pineapple daiquiri on the rocks?

Paloma Difford

27th July 2023 at 11:18

Hi Jason, happy to hear you like the cocktail! And thanks for letting us know about the duplicate images. It looks like the one on this page is correct (although its an old shot), and the Pineapple Daiquiri On The Rocks needs an urgent reshoot - it's now on the list!