Sour Cocktails

Sour cocktails like the Whiskey Sour, the Sidecar, and the Daiquiri are among the most well-known and totally-drinkable drinks – total crowd-pleasers.

The classic sour recipe is easy to riff on: 2 parts base spirit, ¾ part sour, ¾ part sweet. You’ll see those proportions repeat often in this category of drinks, along with plenty of variations on the theme.

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Polynesian Spell cocktail by Sandro Conti, with grape juice, lemon juice, triple sec, peach brandy, simple syrup, and gin
Polynesian Spell
Gin, Triple sec, Peach liqueur...


Way Back Home cocktail with rosemary, bourbon, lemon juice, and maple syrup.
Way Back Home
Rosemary, Bourbon, Lemon...


Daley Sour
Malört, Apple brandy, Cinnamon syrup...


Yuzu Daiquiri with light rum, lime juice, yuzu liqueur, simple syrup, and salt
Yuzu Daiquiri
Light rum, Yuzu liqueur, Lime...


Fresa Patada cocktail with cachaça, yuzu liqueur, lemon juice, passion fruit syrup, honey syrup, chile bitters, and strawberry soda
Fresa Patada
Unaged cachaça, Yuzu liqueur, Lemon...


Jakartian Peardition sour cocktail by Guillermo Bravo, featuring Batavia arrack, oloroso sherry, pear brandy, lime, grapefruit, orgeat, cinnamon syrup
Jakartian Peardition
Batavia arrack, Dry sherry, Pear brandy...


Tall as a Tree and Twice as Shady
Scotch, Batavia arrack, Pineapple...


Mazda 5 cocktail by Aida Mollenkamp, featuring tequila, Grand Marnier, guava nectar, jalapeno, lime, and agave nectar
Mazda 5
Aged tequila, Orange curaçao, Hot pepper...


Rio Grande Sour by Ranjini Bose, with aged cachaca, Jagermeister, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, and an orange slice.
Rio Grande Sour
Orange, Aged cachaça, Kräuterlikör...


Five Knots cocktail by Shannon Mustipher, with Jamaican rum, rhum agricole ambre, creme de cacao, coffee syrup, passion fruit juice, lime juice, and mole bitters
Five Knots
Jamaican rum, Aged rhum agricole, Crème de cacao...


Spicy Dead Lady cocktail by Grant Wheeler, with mezcal, Aperol, falernum syrup, lime juice, and spicy bitters
Spicy Dead Lady
Mezcal, Sweet orange apéritif, Falernum syrup...


Paleta
Mezcal, Passion fruit syrup, Cucumber...


Lawn Dart cocktail by Sean Hoard, with tequila, gin, lime juice, agave syrup, green Chartreuse, and green sweet/bell pepper
Lawn Dart
Sweet pepper, Agave nectar, Blanco tequila...


Tuscarita cocktail with grappa, limoncello, lime juice, and simple syrup
Tuscarita
Lime, Grappa, Limoncello...


Corleone cocktail with fresh green grapes, gin, grappa, lemon juice, simple syrup, and orange bitters
Corleone
Grape, Gin, Grappa...


Bitter End
Light rum, Grapefruit, Lime...


Necromancer cocktail by Vince Bright, with rhum agricole, grapefruit juice, Cocchi Americano, Velvet Falernum, absinthe
Necromancer
Unaged rhum agricole, Grapefruit, White wine apéritif...


Death Bed cocktail by John Deragon, with dark rum, rhum agricole, cherry Heering, lime juice, and pineapple juice
Death Bed
Dark rum, Unaged rhum agricole, Cherry brandy...


Sunset Kid
Aged tequila, Artichoke amaro, Mint fernet...


Flash cocktail with kiwifruit, cucumber, lemon, gin, and simple syrup.
Flash
Kiwifruit, Cucumber, Lemon...


Cold in the Shadows cocktail by Pamela Wiznitzer with Campari, raspberry liqueur, honey syrup, lime juice, and IPA
Cold in the Shadows
Bitter orange apéritif, Raspberry liqueur, Honey syrup...


Dye House cocktail with gin, dry sherry, lemon juice, blueberry syrup, and egg white
Dye House
Gin, Dry sherry, Lemon...


Bitter Apparition
Gin, Allspice dram, Lime...


Session Margarita cocktail recipe with dry sherry, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, agave syrup, and salt
Session Margarita
Dry sherry, Blanco tequila, Triple sec...


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