Sour Cocktails

Classic

Hennessy Sour

• 50 mL Hennessy V.S.O.P
• 15 mL lemon juice
• 15 mL lime juice
• 30 mL simple syrup
• Garnish: a handful of blueberries and a sprig of mint
• Glass: lowball glass

Add all liquid to a shaker tin with ice and shake until chilled, strain into a rocks glass with ice and garnish with a lemon twist.

Blueberry Maple

Hennessy Blueberry Maple Sour

• 50 mL Hennessy V.S
• 15 mL lemon juice
• 15 mL lime juice
• 15 mL pure maple syrup
• 7.5 mL St Germaine
• Garnish: a handful of blueberries and a sprig of mint
• Glass: lowball glass

Take a handful of blueberries and muddle them in a shaker tin, add all liquids with ice and shake until well chilled.

Take a hawthorn strainer and strain over ice into a rocks glass, garnish with a few blueberries and a mint sprig.

Garnish with a handful of blueberries and a sprig of mint.

Stinger

Hennessy Stinger Sour

• 60 mL Hennessy V.S
• 30 mL Crème de Menthe
• 7.5 mL oz Simple Syrup
• 15 mL Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
• 1 egg white
• Garnish: mint leaf
• Glass: large wine glass

Add all ingredients to a mixing tin without ice, dry shake, add ice and shake again to chill.

Strain into a large wine glass and garnish with fresh mint leaf.

Cranberry

Hennessy Cranberry Sour

• 50 mL Hennessy
• 50 mL Cranberry Juice
• 50 mL Sour Mix
• 30 mL simple syrup
• Garnish: lemon wedge
• Glass: lowball glass

Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice, shake and strain into a rocks glass with ice, garnish with a lemon wedge.

Pineapple

Hennessy Pineapple Sour

• 50 mL Hennessy V.S
• 50 mL Pineapple Juice
• 50 mL Sour Mix
• Garnish: lime wedge
• Glass: lowball glass

Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice, shake and strain into a rocks glass with ice, garnish with a lime wedge.

Cherry Blossom

Hennessy Cherry Blossom Sour

• 50 mL Hennessy V.S
• 1 Dash of Cherry bitters
• 20 mL Yuzu Juice
• 15 mL Fresh pink grapefruit juice
• 15 mL Fresh orange juice
• 15 mL Fresh orange juice
• Garnish: sour cherry
• Glass: lowball glass

Add all ingredients to a mixing tin without ice, dry shake, add ice and shake again to chill.

Strain into a large wine glass and garnish with fresh mint leaf.

Bitter

Belvedere Bitter Sour

• 30 mL Belvedere Vodka
• 30 mL Aperol
• 20 mL Fresh Lemon Juice
• 20 mL Simple Syrup
• 1 Egg White
• Garnish: brandied cherry
• Glass: coupe glass

Add all ingredients to a shaker without ice and dry shake to froth egg white.

Add ice and shake for a second time. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a brandied cherry.

Classic

Belvedere Classic Sour

• 50 mL Belvedere Wild Berry
• 20 mL Lemon Juice
• 15 mL simple syrup
• Dash egg white
• Garnish: lemon twist
• Glass: lowball glass

Combine all ingredients and dry shake to emulsify egg white.

Add ice and shake vigorously. Fine strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass.

Garnish with a lemon twist and discard.

Matheson's

Glenmorangie Matheson's Sour

• 50 mL Glenmorangie The Original
• 25 mL freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 10 mL elderflower cordial
• 10 mL orgeat syrup
• 1 dash bitters
• Garnish: flamed orange zest
• Glass: coupe glass

Shake all the ingredients with cubed ice in a cocktail shaker, double strain into a glass and finish with flamed orange zest.

Art of the Cask

Glenmorangie Art of the Cask Sour

• 37.5 mL Glenmorangie Lasanta
• 12.5 mL Bénédictine
• 20 mL freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 10 mL sugar syrup
• 1 dash Angostura Bitters
• 1 dash pasteurised egg white
• Garnish: orange twist
• Glass: coupe glass

Pour all the ingredients into a shaker, fill with cubed ice and shake rapidly.

Then double strain into a glass and finish with an orange twist.

Smokey

Smokey Sour

• 50 mL Ardbeg 10 Years Old whisky
• 25 mL fresh lemon juice
• 25 mL simple syrup
• Bitters
• 1 egg white (optional)
• Garnish: cherry or orange slice
• Glass: lowball glass

Pour ingredients into a shaker, fill with ice and shake for 10 seconds (if using the egg white, give it a little extra muscle and a little extra time).

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, or into an ice-filled old fashioned/rocks glass.

Garnish with a cherry, a slice of orange, or both, or nothing at all.