Aperol Sour

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Aperol Sour

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Two variations! One is a light and refreshing summer sipper. The other adds gin and egg white to give you a richer, smoother Aperol sour experience.

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Aperol Sour Ingredients

Aperol Gin, optional Simple syrup Lemon juice Egg white, optional

What is Aperol?

Aperol is an aperitivo like Campari. Aperol is slightly sweet with herbal and orange flavors. It’s less bitter and lighter than Campari with 11% ABV.

Aperol Sour

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The egg white foam was not in the original recipe for sour cocktails. So leave it out of your Aperol sour if you're worried about foodborne illness.

Aperol Sour

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But please do make your own simple syrups! Simple syrups are so easy and provide infinite possibilities for sour variations.

Blackberry Vodka Sour

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Sours all have the same general proportions. You can make a blackberry vodka sour with vodka, blackberry simple syrup and lemon juice.

Sour Cocktails

The sour is a class of cocktail made with a spirit, simple syrup, and citrus like lemon or lime juice. Use rum and lime juice, and you have a daiquiri.

Sour Cocktails: The Margarita

Use tequila and lime juice with a jalapeno simple syrup, and that's a spicy margarita.

Sour Cocktails

Use gin as your spirit and lime juice, and you have made yourself a gimlet. Another classic sour.

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