Spirits / August 23, 2014 / Last Updated: March 17, 2026

Binny's Home Bartender: Eastern Sour

Eastern Sour

Ingredients

How to make

  1. Mix ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice
  2. Strain into tall cocktail glass with fresh ice
  3. Garnish with cherry or lime wedge 

Give this unconventional bourbon cocktail a try. The key ingredient in this drink is Orgeat syrup, a sweet and nutty syrup familiar to Tiki devotees like myself, but a mystery to many. Do yourself a favor and pick up a bottle tout suite. This delicious almond syrup is the magical ingredient in dozens of tropical drinks, most famously the Mai Tai. While most tropical drinks use rum as the base spirit, the Eastern Sour substitutes Bourbon and the results are delicious. The Eastern Sour was created by Tiki drink legend, Trader Vic Bergeron. Below is my version which is refreshingly sour. If you want to sweeten it up a bit, just add simple syrup.

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