SOUR DRINKS

All drinks in this category are made with a commercial lemonade type mixer called "sour mix." Because of it's somewhat thick consistency or if it's a powder mix, all drinks containing sour mix must be shaken.

Basic Preparation
There are two classifications of sour drinks.
Short Sours: Are mostly served straight up in a sour glass or rocks glass.
Tall Sours: Served only on the rocks in a tall glass. All tall sours are garnished with and orange slice and a cherry.
When prepared straight up: Pour all ingredients into a 16oz. glass filled with ice. Shake and strain.
When prepared on the rocks: Pour all ingredients into a tall glass filled with ice. Shake with short metal shaker. Add topping if needed (a topping refers to a float of liquor or a splash of soda).

Whiskey Sour*
1oz. Whiskey
Sour Mix
Orange and Cherry
* A sour can be made with any liquor. Example: Amaretto, Apricot, Midori, Scotch etc.

Daquiri
1oz. Rum
½oz. Lime Juice
Sour Mix
Garnish with a Lime

Margarita
Salted Rim (optional... ask customer)
1oz. Tequila
½oz. Triple Sec (try Blue Curacao instead for color)
½oz. Lime Juice
Sour Mix
Lime Wedge

Golden Margarita
Sugared Rim (optional)
1oz. Tequila
½oz. Grand Marnier
Splash Orange Juice
Sour Mix

Bacardi Cocktail
1oz. Bacardi Rum
½oz. Grenadine
Sour Mix

Sloe Gin Fizz
1oz. Sloe Gin
Sour Mix
Splash of Club Soda or 7-Up

Planter's Punch
1oz. Dark Rum (Meyer's)
½oz. Grenadine
Sour Mix
Pineapple Juice

Zombie
½oz. Rum
½oz. Dark Rum
½oz. Creme de Almond (Noya)
½oz. Triple Sec
Sour Mix
Pineapple Juice
Shake
Float 151 (proof) Rum if available

Side Car
1oz. Brandy
½oz. Triple Sec
Sour Mix

Singapore Sling
1oz. Gin
½oz. Grenadine
Sour Mix
Shake
Float Cherry Brandy

Mai Tai
1oz. Rum
½oz. Creme de Almond (Noya)
½oz. Triple Sec
Sour Mix

                                                   Collins & Fizz


These groups of drinks are all tall sours. By taking the basic sour drink on the rocks and by adding a series of ingredients we create a few other drinks.

A Fizz is made by adding club soda to any sour (7-Up is also optional)

A Collins is made by adding club soda to any sour and garnishing with an orange and cherry.

Example:
If you take a Gin Sour and add club soda ........Gin Fizz
If you take a Gin Fizz and add fruit ..... Tom Collins

Joe Collins ......... Scotch

John Collins ....... Whiskey

Mike Collins ........ Irish Whiskey

Tom Collins ......... Gin

Vodka Collins ...... Vodka (no official name)