Sour Grapes
A sour and fruity cocktail ∙ Dry shake ∙ 5 min ∙ 14.9% ABV ∙
The Sour Grapes is an egg-white sour blending bourbon and Pineau des Charentes with lemon juice and sugar syrup, double-shaken and served up.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Shake all ingredients with ice: Bourbon 45 mlPineau des Charentes blanc 45 mlSugar syrup 10 mlLemon juice 25 mlEgg white 1/2 pcAngostura aromatic bitters 3 dashes (opt.)
- Strain back into the shaker
- Dry shake (without ice)
- Fine strain into the chilled glass
- Express a lemon twist over the cocktail and use as garnish
Tips
- Use pasteurized egg white, and only half an egg white; any more and the foam mutes the bourbon and the Pineau.
History
The Sour Grapes is a modern whiskey sour built with an equal measure of Pineau des Charentes, the French grape-and-Cognac aperitif that gives the drink its "grape" name and its fruity backbone alongside the bourbon. It is credited to bartender Robb Jones, created in a straight-up bourbon-based version at Bellecour, a French-inspired restaurant and bar in Wayzata, Minnesota. The widely circulated recipe is an adaptation of that original, served as an egg-white sour.
FAQ
What is in a Sour Grapes cocktail?
45 ml bourbon, 45 ml Pineau des Charentes blanc, 25 ml fresh lemon juice, 10 ml sugar syrup and half a pasteurized egg white, with optional Angostura bitters.
Is a Sour Grapes shaken or stirred?
Shaken, and shaken twice. It is first shaken with ice to chill and dilute, then strained back into the shaker and dry-shaken without ice to whip the egg white into a stable foam before fine-straining into the glass.
