Campfire Sour

Difford’s Guide
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Glass:

Serve in a Sour or Martini/Coupette glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Blended Scotch whisky
12 oz Torabhaig Peated Single Malt Whisky
12 oz Monin Toasted Marshmallow Syrup
34 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
12 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or Egg white replacement (vegan)
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a SOUR OR MARTINI/COUPETTE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of peated whisky (in atomiser) and skewered toasted marshmallow.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  2. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Spray surface with peated whisky and garnish with skewered marshmallow.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

Whisky and marshmallow – essential accompaniments to any campfire. And where there's fire, there's smoke.

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History:

Created in September 2025 by yours truly.

Nutrition:

One serving of Campfire Sour contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 16.25% alc./vol. (16.25° proof)
  • 18.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt Tench’s Avatar Matt Tench
4th October at 17:50
Sounds like a winner! Homemade marshmallow syrup (and to what recipe) or something like Monin?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
5th October at 08:39
I used Monin Toasted Marshmallow Syrup.