The Backyard Grapefruit Gin Sour
Fresh grapefruit · lemon · floral gin
Sun-ripened grapefruit, bright lemon, and floral gin. Tart, vibrant, and just bitter enough to keep you coming back.
- PREP
- 5 MIN
- SHAKE
- 15 SEC
- TOTAL
- 5 MIN
- MAKES
- 1 DRINK
Ingredients
In the shaker
- 2 fl oz gin (floral or London Dry)
- 1½ fl oz fresh grapefruit juice (backyard is best)
- ½ fl oz fresh lemon juice
- ½ fl oz simple syrup or honey syrup
- 2 dashes aromatic bitters (Angostura or orange)
- Plenty of ice
Garnish
- Grapefruit peel or a thin grapefruit wheel
Method
- 01
Build
Add all ingredients to a shaker with plenty of ice.
- 02
Shake
Shake hard for 12–15 seconds.
- 03
Strain
Double-strain into a chilled coupe, or over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
- 04
Garnish
Express the oils from a grapefruit peel over the top and garnish with the peel or a thin grapefruit wheel.
Nutrition
- Calories
- 200 kcal
- Protein
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 16 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugars
- 14 g
Estimated per cocktail using 80-proof gin and standard 1:1 simple syrup, including alcohol calories. Excludes garnish and any optional cannabis preparation. Gin proof, grapefruit, syrup concentration, and a honey-syrup substitution change the result. These are approximate ingredient-based calculations, not laboratory measurements.
Duane’s Backyard Grapefruit Gin Sour recipe card.