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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 3/5

Dizzy Sour

Mahoney's Dizzy Sour is a rye-and-Benedictine sour with muddled lemon, floated Jamaica rum, and pineapple.

sweet · sour · herbal · funky · refreshing

Served in Sour glass. Ice: Fine ice.

Variants (3)

The Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charles S. Mahoney (1905, p.202)

0.33 jiggerJamaica rum — Float on top.base
0.5 lemonlemon — half a lemonbase
1 jiggerrye whiskey base
1 piecepineapple — Put in a piece of pineapple.garnish
3 dashesBenedictine modifier
0.75 glassice — fine iceother
2 spoonfulspowdered sugar sweetener
  1. Mash the half lemon with the powdered sugar, then add the fine ice, rye whiskey, and Benedictine and shake well.
  2. Strain into a sour glass, put in a piece of pineapple, float one-third jigger Jamaica rum on top, and serve.

Garnish: Pineapple

Ice: Fine ice

Bartenders' Guide: How to Mix Drinks by Wehman Bros. (1912, p.66)

0.33 wine-glassJamaica rum — Floated on top.base
0.5 wholelemon — Lemonbase
0.5 wine-glassWhiskey — Whiskeybase
1 piecepineapple — Pineapplegarnish
3 dashBenedictine modifier
0.75 glassice — Iceother
2 teaspoonsugar — Powdered sugarsweetener
  1. Shake the mashed lemon, sugar, whiskey, Benedictine, and ice well, strain into a medium-sized glass, add a piece of pineapple, float Jamaica rum on top, and serve.

Ice: Ice

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.24)

0.13 jiggerJamaica rum — Float one-eighth jigger on top.base
0.5 lemonlemon — Lemonbase
1 jiggerrye whisky — Rye whiskybase
1 piecepineapple — Pineapplegarnish
3 dashBenedictine modifier
0.75 glassice — Fine iceother
2 spoonfulpowdered sugar — Powdered sugarsweetener
  1. Shake well, strain into a sour glass, put in a piece of pineapple, float Jamaica rum on top, and serve.

Garnish: Pineapple

Ice: Fine ice

See also: Blackthorn Sour, Whiskey Sour