The Delicious Sour

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (16 ratings)

Garnish:

Dehydrated apple slice or fresh peach on rim

How to make:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring soda.

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Hazardous ingredients

Pasteurised egg white is potentially hazardous to those with allergy or intolerance.

Review:

Tis rather.

History:

Adapted from William Schmidt's 1892 The Flowing Bowl.
Sours cocktails history

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 13.69% alc./vol. (27.38° proof)
  • 16.8 grams of pure alcohol
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Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 17th Edition image

Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Book 17th Edition

Perhaps the world's biggest cocktail book! Certainly, our biggest yet, 624 pages, 6cm (2.3inch) thick and weighing 2.25kg (5lb). Our Seventeenth Edition

Buy it here
Easy Jigger image

Easy Jigger

The Easy Jigger® is a measure designed for use when making cocktails, primarily in the home but also by professional bartenders. It has a unique design

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