And now, the best sour cocktails!
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We’ve got lots more great cocktail recipes for you! Here are some of our best cocktail collections: What’s a sour? It’s a mixed drink made of liquor, citrus, and sweetener. You might be surprised by the familiar names of cocktails that are part of the sour family: The Margarita! The Cosmo! The Daiquiri! As two cocktail experts who have over 300+ cocktail recipes in our library, sours are one of Alex and my favorite family of drinks. Here are the basic the elements of a sour cocktail:
Liquor: Sours can be made with just about any spirit: whiskey, vodka, gin, tequila, and brandy. Citrus (the “sour”): Usually you’ll see lemon juice or lime juice, but some variations have grapefruit or orange. Sweetener: Simple syrup or orange liqueur like Cointreau or triple sec (which contain sugar) are the common sweeteners. Egg white: (optional): Often you’ll see classic 1920’s style sour drinks topped with an egg white foam. This gives the drink a creamy, rich texture and frothy topping, like in the Boston Sour or Gin Fizz.
As you can imagine, there are endless variations on this formula. Below we’ve listed the 3 most popular sour cocktails, then listed the remaining drinks organized by type of liquor. Variations: Boston Sour (adds egg white), Gold Rush (made with honey syrup), Whiskey Smash Ingredients: Bourbon whiskey, lemon juice, maple syrup or simple syrup Ingredients: Pisco, lime, simple syrup, egg white, bitters Variations: Try all our Margarita Recipes (Mezcal, Cadillac, Jalapeño and more) Ingredients: Tequila, Cointreau, lime juice Variations: Vodka Sidecar, Bourbon Sidecar, White Lady, Between the Sheets Ingredients: Cognac, Cointreau, lemon juice Ingredients: Tequila, lemon juice, lime juice, simple syrup, Angostura bitters, egg white Ingredients: Tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, simple syrup, soda water Ingredients: Rum, fresh mint, lime juice, simple syrup, soda water Variations: Lime Frozen Daiquiri, Strawberry Daiquiri, Hemingway Daiquiri Ingredients: Rum, fresh mint, lime juice, simple syrup Variations: Gin Sour, Bees Knees (with honey syrup) Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, soda water Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, soda water Variations: Vodka Gimlet, French Gimlet (adds St Germain) Ingredients: Gin, lime juice, simple syrup Ingredients: Mezcal, lime juice, Cointreau, simple syrup, egg white, bitters Variations: White Lady Cocktail Ingredients: Gin, raspberry syrup or grenadine, lemon juice, egg white Variations: Southside Fizz (adds soda water) Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice, lime juice, fresh mint, simple syrup Ingredients: Vodka, 100% cranberry juice, lemon juice, Cointreau, simple syrup Ingredients: Vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup, Angostura bitters, egg white Ingredients: Rum, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white Ingredients: Vodka or citron vodka, Cointreau, lemon juice, simple syrup Ingredients: Amaretto, bourbon, lemon, simple syrup, egg white, bitters Ingredients: Bourbon whiskey, lemon juice, maple syrup or simple syrup, red wine
These gin cocktails include all the classics: Gin Fizz, Gin and Tonic, and more! Try great bourbon cocktails like the Whiskey Sour, Old Fashioned, Manhattan, and more. Mix up champagne cocktails, light, bubbly, and perfect for celebration. Grab refreshing cranberry cocktails like a Vodka Cranberry and Sea Breeze. Mix up frozen alcoholic drinks like a Frozen Margarita or Frozen Sangria.
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