Gin Sour Recipe
The Gin Sour is a vintage sour recipe from Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual, Harry Johnson, 1882. The original wording is preserved here beside a modernized version for easier mixing.
Source: Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual, Harry Johnson, 1882 . Original wording preserved.
Original Recipe
Use large bar glass, ½ tablespoonful of sugar, ½ of a small lemon, 1 wine glass of Gin, 1 or 2 squirts of Seltzer Water. Fill the glass with ice, stir with spoon, and strain into Cocktail glass.
Modern Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ tablespoon (7.5 ml) sugar
- Juice of ½ small lemon
- 2 oz (60 ml) gin
- Seltzer water
- Ice
Instructions
Fill a glass with sugar, lemon juice, gin, and ice. Add seltzer water, stir well, and strain into a cocktail glass.
