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Bolero Sour

Name: Bolero Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Light white rum; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Orange juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 10 ml Egg white (pasteurised)

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1/3 fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange and lime zest twists.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange and lime zest twists over cocktail and then discard.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bolero Sour contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.81% alc./vol. (33.61° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Adapted from David A. Embury's 1948 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

Rum, like gin, blends well with many other liqueurs. Here's a cocktail using a rum and cognac combination as a base.
BOLERO.
1 part Sugar Syrup
2 parts Lime Juice
4 parts Gold Label Cuban Rum
4 parts Cognac
1 teaspoon Orange Juice to each drink
Shake with finely crushed ice.
David A. Embury, 1948

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Review

A beautifully balanced, flavoursome medley of sweet and sour.

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Comments & Discussion

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Chris Dimal 3y

Really nice drink, with every component just perfectly balanced. Every element, from the esters of the rum (I used Havana Club 3), the fruitiness, woodiness and grape-y nature of the Cognac, along with the citrus sweetness of the orange, plus tartness of the lime (with the exception of aquafaba in place of egg white, which merely contributed the foam) came through so wonderfully. I'd give this a 4.5, personally.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

This was one of the cocktails of the day in memory of the introduction of the spreadsheet. As I was an user of Lotus 1-2-3, made it in honour. It is a very flavourful and interesting sour. It is spirit forward, but the combination of the rum and cognac along with the juices gives the cocktail a unique taste.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Hi John. I was also a Lotus user. Days when the internet and indeed the world was delightfully simpler.

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