Sour Family
Stripped citrus-and-spirit drinks emerging in Thomas from the fix by subtraction of decorative fruit garnish, anticipating the later standardised sour template.
Origin
Thomas explicitly derives the sour from the fix, making the relationship unusually clear in the source text.
template
- Brandy Sour
Brandy Sour is the first clear sour template in this curated Thomas branch.
variant
- Gin Sour
Gin variation within the sour family.
descendant
- Alfonso XIII Sour
Hybrid sherry-and-whiskey sour branch.
- Apple Brandy Sour
Apple-brandy branch of the compact sour line.
- Apple Jack Sour
Applejack sour branch.
- Applejack Sour
Applejack sour branch.
- Aviation Cocktail
A compact aromatic gin sour branch.
- Bacardi Cocktail
A compact Bacardi-and-lime sour branch.
- Blackthorne Sour
Sloe-gin and liqueur-enriched sour branch.
- Brace Up
Egg-and-soda lengthened sour branch.
- Brandy Fix
A longer, fruit-dressed descendant of sour logic.
- Brandy Fizz
Sparkling, lightly egged descendant of sour logic.
- Cardinal Sour
Floated-claret sour branch.
- Carstairs Sour
Split-citrus rye branch with light charged-water lift.
- Celery Sour
Vegetal bitters branch of the sour family.
- Champagne Sour
Champagne branch.
- Chocolate Sour
Cream-dressed blackberry sour branch.
- Clover Club Cocktail
A gin sour branch enriched with grenadine and egg white.
- Clover Leaf Cocktail
A decorated gin sour branch.
- Continental Sour
Claret-topped sour branch.
- Cuban Cocktail
A compact rum sour branch.
- Daiquiri Cocktail
A compact rum-and-lime sour branch.
- Derby Sour
Liqueur-sweetened whiskey sour branch.
- Egg Sour
Egg-enriched branch of the late sour line.
- Fancy Brandy Sour
Fancy dressed brandy-sour branch.
- Gin Fizz
Canonical late sparkling gin branch of the sour/fizz line.
- Golf Links Sour
Dressed whiskey-and-wine sour branch.
- Hari-Kari
Sparkling long-glass Bourbon sour branch.
- Honey Moon Cocktail
An apple-brandy sour branch accented with Benedictine and curaçao.
- Jack Rose
Early Jack Rose branch.
- Jamaica Rum Sour
Jamaica-rum sour branch.
- Jersey Sour
Apple-brandy sour branch using fine sugar rather than gum syrup.
- Love Cocktail
An egg-white sour branch built on sloe gin and berry syrup.
- Medford Rum Sour
Medford-rum branch of the compact sour family.
- Medford Sour
Medford rum sour branch with banana garnish.
- Millionaire Cocktail
A rum-based fruit-and-citrus sour branch.
- New York Cocktail
A grenadine-accented whiskey sour branch.
- North Pole Cocktail
A dressed gin sour branch with maraschino and cream.
- Orange Blossom Cocktail
A minimal gin-and-orange citrus branch.
- Paradise Cocktail
A gin sour branch lifted by apricot brandy and orange juice.
- Pink Lady Cocktail
A gin-and-applejack citrus sour branch.
- Pink Puff
A whiskey sour branch with apricot liqueur and egg white.
- President Cocktail
A Bacardi-and-citrus branch sweetened with grenadine.
- Presidente Sour
Long rum sour branch with fruit and seltzer.
- Promoter
Egg-and-seltzer sloe-gin sour branch.
- Rum Sour
Late rum branch of the codified sour family.
- Santiago Cocktail
A Bacardi-and-lime branch sweetened with grenadine.
- Saxon Cocktail
A Bacardi-and-lime branch accented by grenadine and orange peel.
- September Morn
A Bacardi-and-lime egg-white branch with grenadine.
- Silver Fizz
Egg-white branch of the late fizz family.
- Silver Sour
Egg-white gin sour branch.
- St. Croix Sour
St. Croix rum branch.
- Stone Fence
A lengthened whiskey branch showing sour logic bleeding into long-drink service.
- Stone Sour
A lightly lengthened Old Tom citrus branch served over ice.
- Victorie Sour
Fortified and floated decorative sour branch.
- Whiskey Fizz
Sparkling whiskey extension of the sour family.
- Whiskey Sour
Late codified whiskey branch very close to modern sour expectations.
- White Lion
Berry-and-Curacoa rum sour branch.
- White Rose Cocktail
A citrus-rich egg-white gin branch with maraschino.
- Yachting Club Sour
Peach-brandy egg-white sour branch.
Modern descendants
- Whiskey Sour
- Pisco Sour
- Daiquiri-style sour structures