Stone Sour

HoooooWhee! This one is quite an interesting little drink.  With an ingredient listing such as “…or spirit of choice”, you’re going to have an interesting time. Anyway, let’s check out the Stone Sour, this could get fun.

• 1 1/4 Shot Whiskey or spirit of choice
• 1 Splash orange juice
• 1 Splash sour mix

“… Or spirit of choice” That can lead someone down a variety of pathways. I myself decided to start with the Whiskey and from there I went on to Southern Comfort and then to Amaretto. I decided to keep them all in the brown hue.

The Whiskey was the least impressive of the three. Not because of the whiskey taste, but the lack of it. As I drank this one, I had a hard time finding the taste of any actual liquor at all. I see this as something that someone feeling clever would order so that they could tell their friends that it has Whiskey in it… Then ask them to feel their manly muscles.

The Southern Comfort was easily my favorite of the three. The flavor of the liquor actually was present and set up a very interesting flavor whether sipped from a straw or from the glass itself. Good job SoCo, you get a gold star.

Amaretto… You, on the other hand, have no business in this drink. Take a look at those ingredients, do you honestly think you need to be hanging around sweetening things up even more. Eesh. The addition of Amaretto caused the drink to taste like a Roy Rogers (no, not a Rob Roy, thank god). You know, the boy version of a Shirley Temple? It gave me a freakin’ toothache.

Results:

Whiskey:

Southern Comfort:

Amaretto:

As I said, I kept everything to brown liquors. If anyone has an idea to try something else, Vodka, Gin or any other interesting ideas, let me know how it was in the comment box below.

Next Weeks Drink: Sloe Comfortable Squeeze