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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Sours | |||||
| Daiquiri | rum | lime | simple | ||
| Bennett | gin | lime | simple | bitters | |
| Gin Basil Smash | gin | lemon | simple | basil | |
| Windsor Garden | gin | lemon | simple | basil | |
| French 75 | gin | lemon | simple | champagne | |
| 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 | ||
| Closing Argument | mezcal | lime | Chartreuse maraschino | ||
| Illegal Margarita | mezcal rum | lime | simple | falernum maraschino | |
| 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 |
| Winter Daiquiri | rum | lime | vanilla | falernum | 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 |