Recipe Chart for the Sours
A Sour includes spirit, lemon or lime juice and a sweetener. Simple (sugar) syrup, flavored syrups and liqueurs are used as the sweetener, sometimes with additional fruit juices. Bitters or herbs can also be added as an aroma accent.
Here's a chart of the ingredients in our Sour recipes. They appear to fall into five groups: Simple Sours, Daisies (Liqueur Sours), Syrup Sours, Juiced-up Daisies and Tiki Punch. Even our Tiki drinks may be counted among the Sours.
The cocktails on our Top Shelf are marked. All the recipes are good but these we return to time and again.
Cocktail | Spirit | Juice | Syrup | Liqueur | Extras |
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Simple Sours | |||||
Daiquiri | rum | lime | simple | ||
Bennett | gin | lime | simple | bitters | |
Gin Basil Smash | gin | lemon | simple | basil | |
Windsor Garden | gin | lemon | simple | basil | |
Lemon Drop | vodka | lemon | simple | ||
Pisco Sour | pisco | lime | simple | egg white | |
Daisies (Liqueur Sours) | |||||
Margarita | tequila | lime | triple sec | ||
Bramble | gin | lemon | cassis | ||
Aviation | gin | lemon | violette maraschino | ||
Corpse Reviver #2 | gin | lemon | triple sec | kina | |
Intro To Aperol | gin | lemon | Aperol | bitters | |
Last Word | gin | lime | Chartreuse maraschino | ||
Lumière | gin | lime | Chartreuse elderflower | bitters | |
Royal Basil Smash | gin | lemon lime | simple | pamplemousse | basil |
Royal Bermuda | rum | lime | falernum curaçao | ||
Syrup Sours | |||||
Gimlet | gin | lime cordial | |||
Ginger Basil Gimlet | gin | lime | ginger | basil | |
Bacardi Cocktail | rum gin | lime | grenadine | ||
Original Hurricane | rum | lemon | passion | ||
Barbados Rum Punch | rum | lime | Demerara | bitters | |
Rumbustion Punch | rum | lime | cinnamon Demerara | Herbsaint | bitters |
Mai Tai | rum | lime | orgeat | curaçao | |
Marlin | rum | lemon lime | orgeat | curaçao maraschino | |
Heaven is a Place | gin | lime | honey | curaçao falernum allspice | bitters |
Fire of Olympus | tequila | lime | blackberry reduction | triple sec | jalapeño |
Rio Verde | mezcal | lime | jalapeño-agave | Chartreuse | vermouth |
Juiced-up Daisies | |||||
Cosmopolitan | vodka | cranberry lime | triple sec | ||
Hemingway Daiquiri | rum | grapefruit lime | maraschino | ||
Hotel Nacional | rum | pineapple lime | apricot | ||
Singapore Sling | gin | pineapple lime | triple sec cherry Bénédictine | bitters | |
Tiki Punch | |||||
Royal Hawaiian | gin | pineapple lemon | orgeat | ||
Piña Colada | rum | pineapple lime | cream of coconut | bitters | |
Planter's Punch | rum | orange pineapple lemon | simple grenadine | bitters | |
Hurricane | rum | orange lime | passion grenadine | ||
Missionary's Downfall | rum | pineapple lime grapefruit | cinnamon honey | apricot | |
Cobra's Fang | rum | orange lime | passion | falernum | bitters |
Port Au Prince | rum | pineapple lime | Demerara grenadine | falernum | bitters |
Navy Grog | rum | grapefruit lime | Demerara | pimento dram | |
The Undead Gentleman | rum | grapefruit lime | cinnamon | falernum absinthe | bitters |