Egg White Sour
Sub-FamilyCitrus-Forward
Defaults
Method
Dry Shake + Wet ShakeGlass
CoupeIce
Cubed- Structure
- Spirit, Citrus, Sweetener, Egg White
- Formula Detail
- Spirit, Citrus, Sweetener, Egg White
- Strength
- Medium
- Served
- Cold
- Era
- 1880s — Jerry Thomas era, refined through Prohibition speakeasies
- Flags
- Citrus-Forward, Foam/Egg
- Canonical Examples
- Whiskey Sour (Boston style), Pisco Sour, Clover Club, Amaretto Sour, Pink Lady
- Key Technique
- Dry Shake
- Bar Notes
- Batchability 3/5 (egg per-order, base batchable), Throughput Moderate (10-14/hr), dry shake adds 15-20 sec. Egg safety protocol required.
Combinatorial Matrix
8,594,208 possible combinations · 124 known recipes
Formula
Spirit, Citrus, Sweetener, Egg White
Spirit
294Citrus
58Sweetener
252Egg White
2The Story
The silken veil between sharp citrus and velvet cloud—shaken into Victorian perfection.