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Several Gin Sour Cocktails all at once

a slightly older post about a few favorite spirits

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Andy Beach
Jan 30, 2025
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I originally wrote this as a way to cheer up a friend, but revisiting it now, I’m reminded how much I still love these drinks. The gin, cognac, citrus, and maple make for a dangerously smooth combo, and the little tweaks—smoke, egg white, different citrus—change the whole vibe.

If I were mixing today, I’d probably play around even more—maybe a rum split base, a pinch of salt, or a barrel-aged gin for extra depth. But that’s the fun of cocktails, right? You never really make the same one twice.

Cheers,
AB

Originally posted on Medium, Feb of 2022:

A friend had a tough week. It was family stuff, so I’ll leave it very vague, but the friend and I both have a love of cocktails, so I wanted to do a cocktail for them. Now this friend also happens to be Canadian and loves gin, so I immediately wanted to incorporate both into a drink for them. I came up with a base cocktail that I loved, but then i discovered there were several variants. And so this week, I don't have a cocktail so much as three coc…

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