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A sloe gin sour with a touch of almond. If you opt not to follow my addition of vanilla bitters, then consider dropping the orgeat to 5ml (1 bar spoon)
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Paul Holdsworth’s Avatar Paul Holdsworth
22nd December 2025 at 17:27
Ooh, this is a great Xmas drink - all berries and marzipan flavours. I've just decanted off this year's sloe gin especially to make it (we had an incredible crop of blackthorn fruit in Cumbria, UK, this year).
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James Pratt’s Avatar James Pratt
11th May 2025 at 09:09
This appears earlier than the 1934 edition. The 1908 ‘Latest Edition’ version (there are two 1908 editions on EUVS) has a section after the end of the previous edition named ‘Some new-up-to-now seductive American cocktails’; the Ocean Shore Cocktail appears there. That recipe has raspberry syrup as an alternative sweetener to orgeat.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
11th May 2025 at 10:50
Many thanks, James. I've referenced above and added the 1908 recipe.
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Lynn Garvie’s Avatar Lynn Garvie
4th October 2024 at 21:56
I didn't have the vanilla bitters, but I kept the orgeat at 7.5ml and really enjoyed this one. It's a great sour. (Ocean Shore)
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