Summer Cherry Sours

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While whiskey is distilled from grains and brandy is distilled from fruit, both have a flavor profile that I believe pair well together, especially in a drink like this containing sweet and tart/sour fruits.

Take care to note when mixing the Cherry Citrus-Ade to use as a cocktail mixer in the Summer Cherry Sours, you skip the step where you add water.

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Summer Cherry Sours

Yield: 4, 4 fluid ounce cocktails
Time: 2 minutes

Tools:

4 Mason Jar Glasses (instructions below)
Cocktail shaker

Ingredients:

12 ounces (1 1/2 cup) Cherry Citrus-Ade (recipe below)
2 fluid ounces good brandy
2 fluid ounces good whiskey

Instructions:

1. Pour the ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously for a few seconds.

2. Pour the cocktail over ice into 4, 8 ounce mason jar glasses (or into old fashioned glasses).

Cherry Citrus-Ade: I suggest buying sweet cherries for this recipe though you can use any variety of your choosing. Muddling the cherries helps get their juices into the drink. This will be a pulpy drink.

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Cherry Citrus-Ade

Yield: 1 quart Cherry-Citrus-Ade
Time: 10 minutes

Tools:

4, 8 oz Mason Jar Glasses (instructions below)
1 quart pitcher
Muddler
Citrus reamer
Paring knife

Ingredients:

12 ounces cherries, pitted
2 fluid ounces simple syrup*
2 fluid ounces lemon juice
2 fluid ounces lime juice
1/2 cup grapefruit juice

12 ounces water (do not add this ingredient if making a cocktail mix)

Instructions:

1. Add the cherries and the simple syrup to the pitcher. Muddle the cherries until they are broken apart.

2. Add the lemon juice, lime juice and grape fruit juice. Mix well. If you are making Cherry Citrus-Ade as a cocktail mix then skip step three.

3. If you are making Cherry Citrus-Ade to drink on its own add the 12 ounces water and mix well.

4. Serve over ice or on its own.

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Russell van Kraayenburg is Editor-in-Chief at The Boys Club and blogger at Chasing Delicious.