South Ireland Sour

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (3 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Feijoa flavoured vodka
1 oz Stout beer
12 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
12 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Mint leaf

How to make:

DRY SHAKE all ingredients (without ice). Add ice, SHAKE again and fine strain into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Review:

Smells of sticking plasters and uses Feijoa and Guinness. Only a Kiwi could create such a drink. Give it a try, it's not as crazy as it sounds.

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History:

Created by Jacob Briars at Cocktail World Cup 2007 as a reaction to an Irish bartender who said 42 Below Feijoa Vodka was "undrinkable", to which Jacob responded "in large parts of the world people thought the same about Guinness." So as a joke Jacob made this surprisingly tasty cocktail.

The name is a geographical in-joke. The Irishman was from Cork, in southern Ireland. Cork is part of Munster, and they were in Queenstown, in New Zealand's South Island, which was once known as New Munster. With their flat vowel pronunciation, Kiwis say Island and Ireland in exactly the same way.

Nutrition:

One serving of South Ireland Sour contains 232 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.7 standard drinks
  • 8.27% alc./vol. (8.27° proof)
  • 9.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Emily’s Avatar Emily
1st November 2024 at 23:27
What a shame the site is so locked down now to premium-only features. It has cut a wide swathed.

My "personal" notes: So-so. Tastes reminiscent of a mazagran.