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Jalisco Sour

The Jalisco Sour is reposado tequila shaken with lime, agave syrup and egg white, with mole bitters dashed on the foam. Reposado adds vanilla and oak, the egg white makes it silky, and the mole bitters add chocolate and spice. Mexican Independence Day's drink.

  • GlassCoupe
  • MethodShaken
  • Ingredients5
Jalisco Sour

Ingredients

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Servings
Mole bitters on the foamGarnish
Total volume—

Directions

  1. Add the tequila, lime juice, agave syrup and egg white to a shaker and dry shake without ice.
  2. Add ice and shake again until cold.
  3. Double strain into a chilled coupe.
  4. Dash the mole bitters onto the foam.

ToolsJiggerShakerHawthorne strainerFine strainerCoupe glass

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History

The Jalisco Sour is a modern recipe that applies the classic sour format to reposado tequila. Jalisco is the heart of tequila country, home to the town of Tequila and most of the world's blue agave.

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How are you making it? ⓘ Batching includes dilution water. Pre-batched cocktails need added water to replace the melt from stirring or shaking. We use Jeffrey Morgenthaler's standard: 18% for spirit-forward drinks, 25% for shaken.

What you'll need to buy

Based on 750ml bottles (25.4 oz), rounded up.

Bottle math, generally

750ml bottle25.4 oz
2 oz pours per bottle12 cocktails
1.5 oz pours per bottle16 cocktails
1 oz =29.6 ml
This recipe per 750ml of spirit—

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