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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Santa Cruz Sour

Sheridan's Santa Cruz Sour is a fruit-dressed rum sour with a little charged water in the sweetening step.

sweet · sour · citrus · tropical · refreshing

Served in Claret wine glass. Ice: Shaved ice.

Variants (3)

The Complete Buffet Manual or How to Mix Fancy Drinks by J. E. Sheridan (1901, p.98)

3 dasheslemon juice acid
1 wine-glassSanta Cruz rum base
1 large teaspoonfulsugar — powdered white sugarbase
berries — berries in seasongarnish
Orange — Orange garnish.garnish
  1. Shake the sugar, a little charged water, lemon juice, rum, and shaved ice well.
  2. Strain into a claret wine glass, ornament with orange and berries in season, and serve.

Garnish: Orange and berries in season.

Ice: Shaved ice

This is a useful turn-of-the-century checkpoint for the Santa Cruz rum branch of the sour family proper.

Sheridan still expects a dressed, decorative service even in a relatively lean sour structure.

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.201)

3 dasheslemon juice acid
1 wine-glassSanta Cruz rum base
1 large teaspoonfulsugar — Dissolved in a little seltzer or Apollinaris water.base
seltzer — seltzer or Apollinaris waterdilution
fruit — orange and berriesgarnish
0.75 glassice — shaved iceother
  1. Dissolve the sugar in a little seltzer or Apollinaris water, then add the lemon juice, Santa Cruz rum, and shaved ice.
  2. Shake up, strain into a sour glass, and ornament with orange and berries in season.

Garnish: Orange and berries

Ice: Shaved ice

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.40)

3 dashlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
1 wineglassSanta Cruz rum base
1 large teaspoonwhite sugar — White sugarbase
ice — Shaved iceother
  1. Shake up, strain into a claret wineglass, and ornament with orange and berries in season.

Garnish: Orange and berries

Ice: Shaved ice

See also: Whiskey Sour, Brandy Sour