Fruit Sour

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (31 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Bourbon whiskey
1 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
13 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 (chickpea water) or Vegan egg white replacement
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN back into shaker.
  5. DRY SHAKE (without ice).
  6. FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  7. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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 8/10

Review:

An orange-influenced, sweet and sour whiskey cocktail.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Fruit Sour contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 16.3% alc./vol. (16.3° proof)
  • 18.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal’s Avatar Chris Dimal
28th May 2023 at 20:35
Really decent, if a little one note. The aquafaba (which I used in place of egg white), was not too foamy. Orange and lemon predominate, with orange-custard from the Bourbon (at least in my opinion).
Adam .’s Avatar Adam .
17th June 2021 at 00:18
This is really, really yummy. I expect I'll cut back just a tad on the simple syrup next time, but even as written it's hard to go wrong with this combo.
J M’s Avatar J M
7th November 2020 at 21:05
Most egg white sours you dry shake first. Any reason why not in this one?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
8th November 2020 at 10:47
This cocktail is so old that it pre-dates the dry shaker! I have now amended. As per the comment below, the recipe looks like it will be too sour. I will address! Thanks for bringing to my attention.
Beverly Stanton’s Avatar Beverly Stanton
11th October 2020 at 00:18
Much too sour ,lemon takes over the whole drink
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
9th November 2020 at 20:57
Tried cutting back the lemon to 22.5ml but ended up preferring 30ml lemon juice but with additional 10ml sugar syrup. Hope an improvement?
J M’s Avatar J M
7th November 2020 at 21:16
Takes over, hmmm does need less agreed. Maybe 3/4