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Blood Orange Bourbon Sour

Feb 19, 2015 · Modified: Jul 17, 2021 by Lauren Pacek · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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This Blood Orange Bourbon Sour recipe is a fun, fruity twist on a classic bourbon or whiskey sour. Give it a try, especially when blood oranges are in season!

Looking for more bourbon cocktails? Try my Belmont Jewel or Gold Rush Cocktail!

Blood Orange Bourbon Sours | A Nerd Cooks

🌟 Why You'll Love This Recipe

It's delicious. This drink tastes great, plain and simple.
The drink is beautiful. Just look at that color!
It makes the most of Winter citrus. This drink uses fresh blood orange juice.

💭 What is a Blood Orange Bourbon Sour?

This drink is a riff on the classic Whiskey Sour. Sours always contain a citrus (the sour), a sweetener, and a spirit.

In this case, we're using blood orange juice, simple syrup, and bourbon.

Put 'em all together and you get a Blood Orange Bourbon Sour. 🤌

📝 Ingredients

  • Juices: Freshly squeezed blood orange and lemon or lime juice, please!
  • Simple syrup: This recipe calls for plain simple syrup. You can buy it at the store, but it's so easy to make at home!
  • Bitters: Use Angostura bitters or orange bitters here.
  • Bourbon: Use your favorite!

👩🏻‍🍳 How to make a Blood Orange Bourbon Sour

It's really quite easy!

Add all of the ingredients to a mixing glass or cocktail shaker with ice. Ideally, use one large cube, rather than a bunch of small ones. This will allow you to chill the drink without diluting it too much.

Using a bar spoon, stir the ingredients and ice until the drink is nice and cold.

Strain it into a glass with ice and garnish with some fresh blood orange, if you're into that.

Blood Orange Bourbon Sours | A Nerd Cooks

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❓FAQs

What kind of bourbon should I use?

In short, use your favorite!

Can I use juice from another kind of orange?

Yep! It just might affect the flavor, and will definitely affect the color of the final drink.

Can I use a different kind of whiskey?

Not a bourbon fan? You can use another kind of whiskey if you prefer.

I'd love to know what you thought of this recipe! Don't forget to leave a comment and ⭐️ star rating below!

✨ Recipe

Blood Orange Bourbon Sours | A Nerd Cooks

Blood Orange Bourbon Sour

Lauren Pacek
This Blood Orange Bourbon Sour recipe is a fun, fruity twist on a classic bourbon or whiskey sour. Give it a try, especially when blood oranges are in season!
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 2 minutes mins
Cook Time 0 minutes mins
Inactive Time 0 minutes mins
Total Time 2 minutes mins
Course Cocktails
Cuisine American
Servings 1 cocktail
Calories 160 kcal

Equipment

  • Cocktail jigger
  • cocktail mixing glass
  • Bar spoon

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ oz bourbon
  • 1 oz fresh blood orange juice
  • ½ oz fresh lemon or lime juice
  • ½ oz. simple syrup
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • blood orange slices for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ingredients, minus the orange slice, in a cocktail shaker with ice. Stir until cold.
  • Strain into a glass with ice. Garnish with a blood orange slice.

Notes

Notes: Instructions for how to make simple syrup can be found here.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 160kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 1gSodium: 2mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12g

Disclaimer: Nutritional information is a generated estimate and is not guaranteed to be accurate.

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  1. Tamara Lowell Andersen

    January 15, 2018 at 5:41 pm

    I featured your Blood Orange Bourbon Sour in my blood orange recipes roundup, and my hubby just made me one as we had the ingredients... The only substitution we made was grapefruit bitters. Delicious, and so pretty!

    Reply
    • ANerdCooks

      January 15, 2018 at 5:45 pm

      Thank you so much for sharing it, Tamara! I'll be sure to share your roundup. And I'm so glad that you liked it! =D

      Reply
  2. Tim

    April 08, 2017 at 10:36 pm

    I make a few difficult bourbon drinks. This is,by far, the best! Dangerously, lip-smackingly good!

    Reply
    • ANerdCooks

      April 09, 2017 at 12:58 pm

      Why thank you, Tim!

      Reply
  3. Julie

    February 24, 2015 at 4:57 pm

    Beautiful color. Hot damn, I love a good bourbon sour. This looks fab!

    Reply
    • A_Nerd_Cooks

      March 08, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      Thanks, Julie! I'm right there with you =)

      Reply
  4. Leah

    February 23, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    These look so delicious!!! What a beautiful picture!

    Reply
    • A_Nerd_Cooks

      March 08, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      Thank you, Leah!!

      Reply
  5. The Beeroness (@TheBeeroness)

    February 19, 2015 at 2:39 pm

    Blood orange and bourbon! Such a winner, I love that combo.

    Reply
    • A_Nerd_Cooks

      February 19, 2015 at 3:40 pm

      Thanks, so do I!!

      Reply

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