GIN SOURS, FOUR WAYS

Cocktail shakers at the ready, here are four of our favourite Gin Sour recipes!

Out of all the gin drinks we’ve ever shaken, stirred or poured at our Healesville Distillery, there’s one cocktail that always comes out on top. A Bloody Gin Sour. In one month alone, the team shook over 600 of them. Which is how our team mantra became: Who needs weights when you’ve got a full cocktail shaker?

So for our 2023 release of Limited Edition Bloody Shiraz Gin, we put a fizzy spin on this crowd favourite and (very creatively) called it a Winter Fizz.

Shake 50mL Bloody Shiraz Gin, 15mL fresh lime juice, 15mL Maraschino liqueur and some egg white or aquafaba over ice. Strain into a Highball glass, top with grapefruit soda and garnish with a lime wheel. What a bloody delight.

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SPICED NEGRONI SOUR

Complex and balanced with a spicy zing, what’s not to love?

  • INGREDIENTS

  • METHOD

    • Combine all ingredients in a shaker
    • Shake well and double strain into a coupette
    • Garnish with a dried orange slice

YUZU GIN FIZZ

Take your Gin Sour to the next level with the magic of soda water.

  • INGREDIENTS

    • 45mL Fresh Yuzu Gin
    • 30mL fresh lemon juice
    • 20mL sugar syrup [1:1]
    • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
    • 1 egg white [optional]
    • Soda water
  • METHOD

    • Shake gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup, bitters and egg white over ice
    • Fine strain into a chilled rocks glass and top with soda water

NOT A GIN FIZZ

Having a break from the drink but still want in on the fizzy action?

  • INGREDIENTS

    • 50mL Bloody Bandwagon
    • 20mL fresh lemon juice
    • 15mL simple syrup [1:1]
    • Dash of egg white
    • Soda water
    • Nutmeg
  • METHOD

    • Shake all ingredients except soda over ice and fine strain into a chilled highball glass
    • Top with soda water
    • Garnish with some freshly grated nutmeg