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Snowfall Sour | 2025 Let's Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar | Taste and Tipple

Snowfall Sour

Toasted nuttiness and oxidative tang invperfect harmony with gin botanicals. This sour is both refined and nostalgic.

Course Drinks
Cuisine British
Keyword Amontillado Sherry, Gin, Gin Sour, Let's Get Blitzen
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1
Author Yvonne Langen

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz London dry gin
  • ½ oz vanilla pear syrup
  • ½ oz amontillado sherry
  • ¾ oz lemon juice
  • 1 egg white
  • Garnish: dashes angostura bitters

Vanilla Pear Syrup

  • 2 cups ripe pears roughly chopped
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste or ½ tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a shaker and dry shake for 15-20 seconds.
  2. Add ice and shake again until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Garnish with 5 drops of Angostura bitters arranged to look like 5 on dice.

Vanilla Pear Syrup

  1. Combine ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then turn heat down to medium low. Simmer for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.

  2. Fine-strain into an airtight container.