Sour Cocktails
483 recipes. Spirit, citrus, sweetener: the most useful formula in mixing.
The sour is the single most productive template in cocktails. Spirit, citrus and something sweet, shaken with ice. Two parts to one to one is the classic ratio and adjusting it is how you make the drink yours.
Swap the spirit and it changes name without changing shape. Gin and lime is a Gimlet, rum and lime is a Daiquiri, tequila with orange liqueur is a Margarita, whiskey with lemon is a Whiskey Sour. One formula, four famous drinks.
Fresh citrus is not optional here. Bottled juice is pasteurised, so the aromatic oils are gone and you are left with acidity and no smell, which is exactly what a sour cannot afford.
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- Washoe Peel Knob Creek(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Basin Street Bourbon, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Borinquen Light Rum, 151 Proof Rum, Passion Fruit Syrup
- Chatham Cocktail Gin, Ginger Brandy, Lemon Juice
- Cosmopolitan Delight Brandy, Curaçao Liqueur, Simple Syrup
- Cosmos Light Rum, Lime Juice, Caster Sugar
- Egg Sour Brandy, Dry Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Miss Kitty Gin, Lemon Juice, Pineapple Juice
- Morticia Gin, Pernod(R), Dry Vermouth
- Prado Tequila Blanco, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Grenadine
- Tequila Cocktail Tequila, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Scotch Daisy Scotch, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Sidecar Cocktail Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Ann Sheridan Cocktail Bacardi(R) Superior Rum, Orange Curaçao Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Coconut Tequila Tequila, Lemon Juice, Coconut Cream
- Immaculata Light Rum, Amaretto Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Mandeville Light Rum, Dark Rum, Anisette Liqueur
- Cyprus Brandy Sour Cyprus Brandy, Lemon Cordial, Lemonade
- Huntington Special Gin, Grenadine, Lemon Juice
- Apple Brandy Cocktail Apple Brandy, Grenadine, Lemon Juice
- Bourbon Daisy Bourbon, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Butterflies Cocktail Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Charlie Chaplin Apricot Brandy, Sloe Gin, Lemon Juice
- Douglas Fairbanks Gin, Marie Brizard(R) Apricot Brandy, Lime Juice
- Frozen Berkeley Light Rum, Brandy, Passion Fruit Syrup
- Greenback Gin, Crème de Menthe Verte Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Little Devil London Dry Gin, Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Ranger Cocktail White Rum, Gin, Lemon Juice
- Peach Tart Peach Schnapps, Lime Juice
- Honey Lemonade Soda Water, Lemon Juice, Honey
- Applejack Cocktail Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Grenadine, Lemon Juice
- Champagne Fizz Gin, Lemon Juice, Caster Sugar
- Cherry Cobbler London Dry Gin, Cherry Brandy, Sugar Syrup
- Dutch Trade Winds Jenever, Curaçao Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Foxhound Brandy, Kümmel Liqueur, Cranberry Juice
- Hemingway Special Rum, Grapefruit Juice, Luxardo(R) Maraschino Liqueur
- Japanese Slipper Midori(R) Melon Liqueur, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Lime Juice
- Rum Runner #2 Blackberry Brandy, Banana Liqueur, Dark Rum
- Vesuvio Light Rum, Sweet Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Ski Shooter SKYY(R) Vodka, Disaronno(R) Amaretto Liqueur, Mr & Mrs T's(R) Sweet & Sour Mix
- Adam Dark Rum, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Aperol Sour Aperol(R) Aperitivo, Lemon Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Apple Swizzle Apple Brandy, Dark Rum, Sparkling Apple Juice
- Bumbo Dark Rum, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Burgundy Bishop Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Confectioners' Sugar
- Campesina Tequila, Granulated Sugar, Lime
- Cloister Gin, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Grapefruit Juice
- Gauguin Light Rum, Passion Fruit Syrup, Lemon Juice
Worth reading
- The Sour Formula: One Ratio, Twenty Drinks Two parts spirit, one part citrus, one part sweet. Learn the shape and the Daiquiri, the Margarita, the Gimlet and the Whiskey Sour come free.
- What to Use When You Are Out of Limes Bottled juice, cordial and lemon all work as lime substitutes, but each one changes the drink. Here is what to reach for and what to make instead.
