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 naturally fall into six groups: Simple Sours, Simple Daisies (Liqueur Sours), Syrup Sours, Syrup Daisies, Juiced-up Daisies and Tiki Punch.
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 | |
Simple 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 | |
Naked and Famous | mezcal | lime | Aperol Chartreuse | ||
Crop Top | gin | lemon | pamplemousse amaro | ||
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 | |
Serrano Hibiscus Rita | tequila | lime | hibiscus | serrano pepper | |
Syrup Daisies | |||||
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 | allspice | |
Montego Bay | rum | grapefruit lime | honey | allspice anise | bitters |
The Undead Gentleman | rum | grapefruit lime | cinnamon | falernum absinthe | bitters |