Gin Sour
ClassicThe sour template at its most botanical — gin, lemon and a silky egg-white cap.
Bright and clean, with juniper and botanicals cutting through tart lemon and just enough sugar to balance. The egg white lends a silky, weightless texture and a foam cap that the bitters perfume with baking spice. Sharp, elegant and refreshing.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Gin
- 0.75 oz Lemon Juice
- 0.75 oz Simple Syrup
- 1 Egg White
- Angostura bitters · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Dry-shake the gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white without ice to build the foam.
- 2
Add ice and shake again until well chilled.
- 3
Strain into a chilled coupe.
- 4
Dash Angostura bitters over the foam and draw a pattern with a pick.
The Story
The sour is one of the oldest cocktail families — spirit, citrus and sugar in balance — and every base spirit gets its turn. The Gin Sour predates the Whiskey Sour's fame and shares its logic exactly, only swapping in gin's juniper backbone. The egg white is the pre-Prohibition flourish: it adds no flavor but a plush, meringue-like foam that softens the citrus and carries a decoration of bitters.
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