Engineering The Sour
Basil Daiquiri Achim Schleuning The Margarita, the Daiquiri, the Cosmopolitan, the Whiskey Sour, the Mai Tai: These and hundreds of other popular drinks can all be boiled down to one basic recipe format from one basic cocktail family: the Sour. And once you understand it (which won’t take long), you can create hundreds of new drink recipes using the same format, with whatever ingredients you have on hand. Simply put, a Sour is a drink consisting of a base liquor plus a sour component balanced against a sweet component. A Daiquiri uses rum, lime, and sugar. A Bee's Knees calls for gin, lemon, and honey syrup. A Margarita mixes tequila, lime, and orange liqueur. The basic formula for a Sour is 2 parts of the base spirit to 1 part of the sweet component and 1 part of the...