Sour
Sour cocktails
Citrus-forward drinks built on spirit, lemon or lime, and sugar — Margarita, Daiquiri, Whiskey Sour, Sidecar, and the rest of the sour family.
Sour cocktails follow one template: spirit, citrus, and a sweetener, shaken cold. The easy three to mix first are the Margarita (tequila, lime, orange liqueur), the Daiquiri (rum, lime, sugar), and the Whiskey Sour (bourbon or rye, lemon, sugar). Cognac drinkers shake a Sidecar; gin plus lime is a Gimlet. Egg white is optional on a few of these; most of the list is just the three-part sour. If you want a long drink with soda, jump to Tom Collins or French 75 instead of stretching a short sour.
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Amaretto Sour
sweet sour nutty -
Appletini
fruity sweet sour -
Aviation
sour floral herbal -
Bee's Knees
sour sweet floral -
Between the Sheets
sour boozy citrus -
Bramble
fruity sour refreshing -
Brandy Crusta
sour sweet boozy -
Clover Club
fruity sour foamy -
Corpse Reviver No. 2
herbal sour boozy -
Cosmopolitan
sour fruity elegant -
Daiquiri
sour sweet refreshing -
French 75
refreshing sour boozy -
Gimlet
sour herbal -
Gin Basil Smash
herbal refreshing sour -
Gin Fizz
refreshing sour light -
Gold Rush
sour sweet boozy -
Hemingway Daiquiri
sour bitter boozy -
Hemingway Special
sour boozy citrus -
John Collins
sour refreshing easy -
Last Word
herbal sour bitter -
Margarita
sour fruity refreshing -
Mezcal Margarita
sour smoky refreshing -
Monkey Gland
citrus herbal sour -
Naked and Famous
smoky sour bitter -
New York Sour
sour fruity layered -
Paper Plane
sour bitter balanced -
Pisco Sour
sour foamy refreshing -
Ramos Gin Fizz
creamy sour refreshing -
Scotch Sour
sour boozy smoky -
Sidecar
sour sweet -
Southside
sour refreshing herbal -
Tom Collins
refreshing sour light -
Virgin Daiquiri
mocktail sour refreshing -
Whiskey Sour
sour sweet -
White Lady
sour citrus elegant -
Yellow Bird
tropical sour herbal
Sour cocktail FAQ
What are sour cocktails?
Drinks built on spirit plus lemon or lime plus sugar. Margarita, Daiquiri, Whiskey Sour, Sidecar, and Gimlet are the head of this list. Bitterness or tropical fruit can join, but citrus is the point.
What are easy sour cocktails to mix at home?
Daiquiri, Gimlet, and Whiskey Sour if you have rum, gin, or whiskey plus citrus and sugar. A Margarita adds orange liqueur. You do not need egg white for an easy sour; save that for Pisco Sour or Ramos Gin Fizz.