Gin Sour Recipe

More Information on the Gin Sour

Boy do we love sour cocktails! While the formula is generally about the same with the main difference coming from changing up the base spirit. Of course, depending on this base spirit a few further modifications may be in order to make sure everything balances out OK. You can’t just swap up, say, Whiskey for Tequila and call it a day. However, as with anything there’s an exception to all rules! And this is one of those exceptions. It you take a look at a Whiskey Sour recipe, you’ll notice this is pretty much the same except you’re changing the Whiskey for Gin. And it still works!

While Whiskey and Gin taste very different indeed, they both go well with Lemon Juice and a little bit of Simple Syrup. So it’s not surprise that this is just a straight swap.

Will this Gin Sour recipe still work for multiple cocktails?

Yes, but don’t load up your cocktail shaker with too many ingredients! Instead, keep your cocktail to making to only two at once. If you need more than that, you’ll need to make those separately. This is because you need quite a vigorous shake to get the right consistency in the Egg White and, if you have too much in your cocktail shaker, you won’t get that vigorous shake.

Will the Gin Sour still work if I don’t serve it right away?

Probably not. If you let this cocktail sit for too long, you’ll lose the wonderful frothy head to the cocktail that’s created by the Egg White. Make the Gin Sour to order to enjoy this wonderful cocktail at its best.

What is the best opportunity to have a Gin Sour?

While we don’t want to draw too many parallels to the Whiskey Sour, we’re going to. As mentioned, this recipe is basically just a straight swap between Whiskey and Gin, so it’s hard not to continue to make the comparisons!

With the Whiskey Sour, we always think it’s a nice drink to enjoy after a meal. While it’s a mostly sour cocktail (hence the name…), there is some sweetness there that’s just wonderful! It’s also generally a nice drink for cocktail parties.

The difference with the Gin Sour is that we think it would go better in warmer weather. While we love all types of Whiskey over here at What Cocktail Can I Make, we tend to love it best in the Autumn. It’s not exactly a winter drink (although it’s still good in the winter!), but it’s great as the weather is just starting to get cool in the Autumn.

Gin, on the other hand, is a great Summer spirit! If you’re big into Whiskey Sours, perhaps this can be the cocktail you have in the summer.

Is the Gin Sour a strong cocktail?

As we’ve mentioned, this recipe is the same as the Whiskey Sour, just using Gin. So obviously it’s the same strength as a Whiskey Sour! A 60 mL measurement of liquor is pretty standard as cocktails go, so we’re going to say that the Gin Sour is of average strength.

What’s the best kind of music for a Gin Sour?

This is where we’ll stop making comparisons to the Whiskey Sour! While the Whiskey Sour brings thoughts of a dimly lit Jazz club in the early 1900’s, the Gin version is a little bit brighter and modern. Of course Gin has been around for a very long time, but it seems to be having a bit of a modern resurgence lately.

For a Gin Sour, we see the drinker sitting in a garden. Maybe they’re not fully in the sun, perhaps the shade. There’s some modern Folk music playing as everyone relaxes and has a good time. We think that Folk music (but more modern variants) works best here. It encapsulates both the modern aspect of this cocktail and newer interests in Gin, but it also goes back to the fact that Gin is an old spirit.

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