Sour (cocktail)
As Sour is called an alcoholic cocktail, consisting of a spirit, lemon juice and sugar. It represents the archetype of a whole genre of cocktails, all on the basic principle spirit - build acidic citrus juice - sweeteners. If the spirit is a liqueur can be the sugar away or at least reduce its amount. The most common Sours, which bear the generic name also on behalf of, are Whiskey Sour, Amaretto Sour and Pisco Sour.
- 2.1 mixing ratio
- 2.2 orange juice
Sour category and Sour Group
The term Sour covered by the interchangeability of the spirit from many individual cocktails, that means a category. In addition, there are a large number of related cocktails that are not sours in the narrower sense of the definition, but whose basic principle spirit - build acidic citrus juice and it may vary, ie belong to the Sour Group - sweeteners. Quite a few of which can in turn be divided into known separate categories. The main categories of Sour group besides the actual Sour, which is the original form from the structure, the International Sour, the New Orleans Sour, the fizz and Collins.
Sour
The original Sours that carry this term also in the name comes from the European-influenced area and were therefore always made with lemon juice. But the Daiquiri and Tommy's Margarita containing lime juice as the acid component, belong to this simplest Sours.
International sour
One category of Sour variations, the liqueur as a sweetener containing (not as a base spirit ). Well-known examples are beside Aviation cocktail and Millionaire's Daiquiri especially the representatives of the New Orleans Sours.
New Orleans Sour
Significant subgroup of the International Sours, wherein the additional liqueur is orange liqueur. A New Orleans Sour is so according to the pattern base spirit - orange liqueur - sour citrus juice constructed as Margarita, Side Car, White Lady, Cosmopolitan and Kamikaze. As a forerunner of the New Orleans Sours can understand the Crustas. For example, a brandy crusta essentially a Side Car with a sugar rim on the glass, which was eponymous for the drink.
Fizz and Collins
Major categories of Sour variations that are filled with soda. The basic idea of Collins and Fizz are different, just as the origin, which is a variation of no other. A Fizz is a smaller drink and contains little soda water, he is shaken ice cold and served without ice. A Collins is rather diluted with more soda water, stirred and served on a lot of ice.
Preparation
Sours are prepared in a cocktail shaker with ice and then strained with a strainer into a Sourglas without ice. There is no decoration required. Important at this drink is the right temperature, it is recommended to drink the shake until frost forms on the shaker, and possibly pre-cool the glasses. A more common way of serving a Sour, is in the tumbler on ice. This is true but usually only for the whiskey sour, for the Sours in itself there is the sour glass.
Mixing ratio
A ratio of 5 parts spirit, 3 parts lemon juice and 2 parts sugar syrup is usually regarded as the standard. Depending on the spirit and passion above all, the proportion of spirit may be varied, usually rather upwards. The basis of a good Sours is the balance between sweet and sour. It is often recommended abzuschmecken this balance before adding the spirit.
Orange juice
In some bars, it has become the fashion, the sour orange juice shall be included. This practice is very controversial because the flavors of the actual Sours are covered.
Swell
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