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Miguel Perales’ Avatar Miguel Perales
1st April at 23:38
A light, citrusy cocktail. But, for a "sour", it is a bit on the sweet side. As recommended by Robert, I will try lowering the sugar syrup next time.
12th August 2024 at 00:08
I like the sherry nuance to a standard gin sour. Really quite nice. As I like my drinks on the boozy side I also tried with a full 2 oz of gin, Sipsmith, and liked it even more.
5th February 2023 at 17:22
Superb cocktail. I used Palo Cortado instead of Fino, which gave a little more punch. I also reduced the sugar syrup slightly as I prefer a 2:1 lemon to sugar ratio. My only issue was that there wasn't enough. Will probably scale up to use 50/60ml gin next time.
Jennifer Spencer’s Avatar Jennifer Spencer
5th January 2023 at 17:43
I made a small portion of this as written, and loved it. But I wanted something lighter than gin tonight (and to work through that open bottle of fino sherry), so I tried a "reverse" version of this and it was fab... 120ml of fino sherry, 15ml lemon, 10ml simple syrup, just a bar spoon of gin for the flavour, and a couple dashes of orange bitters. Nice if you're in the mood for something slightly less dry.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
20th January 2023 at 14:50
Many thanks, Jennifer. I loved your suggestion and I've adapted your recipe to create a Call London and in turn, this led me to also make a Call Mexico. Please see the links above.
26th December 2022 at 16:17
Tried this with 50ml gin and 25ml fino. With and without bitters. Did not like it AT ALL.
Dan Casselman’s Avatar Dan Casselman
3rd June 2022 at 20:53
The Grapefruit came through very nicely (with the Orange bitters help I'm guessing). Not too sweet, not too sour, just the way a cocktail should be. Well balanced. (1 of 8 of the "her Maj's" recommendations)
John McTague’s Avatar John McTague
22nd October 2021 at 20:03
I found this cocktail fairly average, surprisingly. However, the Fino I used had been open for a few days so that might explain it. Also, the colour is nothing like that in the picture here - is that the 'other' London Calling with sloe gin?
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
24th October 2021 at 17:34
Agreed. Just remade and the cocktail is lighter than in photo. We'll reshoot ASAP.
Alberto Cea’s Avatar Alberto Cea
3rd October 2021 at 01:10
I love gin and I love Fino Sherry so that it for me, cheers1
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