Best Homemade Sour Mix Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is sour mix made from? ›

Sour mix is a combination of sugar, water, lemons, and limes. One homemade batch can give you a whole party's worth of margaritas, whiskey sours, or daiquiris without much effort. A bottle of sour mix may call you from the store shelf with a siren song of good times and an easy-pour spout.

You can use any citrus juice, such as lemon, lime, orange or grapefruit — or a combination — to mix with a sweetener like simple syrup, honey syrup, agave nectar or even maple syrup. Anything labeled “margarita mix” will also work.

Homemade Sour Mix can be refrigerated for a minimum of two weeks. I normally keep mine for a month or so. Choose a cute bottle and add a homemade label. Feel free to swap some of the citrus for what you have on hand such as oranges or grapefruits.

Sour mix (also known as sweet and sour mix) is a mixer that is yellow-green in color and is used in many co*cktails. It is made from approximately equal parts lemon and/or lime juice and simple syrup and shaken vigorously with ice.

Similarly, sour mix is essentially a concentrate for homemade lemonade. Add water to taste (typically 2 parts water to 1 part sour), and you have an instant glass of lemonade.

Ingredients: WATER, CANE SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), ACACIA GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, ESTER GUM, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, CARAMEL COLOR.

Place 1 cup heavy cream and 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice or distilled white vinegar in a clean 1 pint glass jar and stir with a clean spoon until combined. Cover with a paper towel or cheesecloth and secure with a rubber band.

According to the FDA, as long as a product has 36% milk fat or more, it's a good substitute for sour cream, whether it's called heavy cream or heavy whipping cream.

Mayo is a great sour cream substitute. It can be used as a 1:1 replacement in both baking and dips. You'll lose some of that tang that sour cream offers, but it still does a great job at adding moisture to baked goods. Plus, it's relatively the same texture as sour cream, which makes it a great sub in dips and sauce.

When does sweet and sour mix expire? When does sweet and sour mix expire? {'Unopened': 'A store-bought sweet and sour mix usually carries a best-before date on the packaging, usually up to 1-2 years from the manufacturing date. However, it is recommended to consume within a year for the best taste.

Is sour mix the same as whiskey sour mix? ›

Of course Sour Mix, Sweet & Sour Mix, Whiskey Sour Mix, Daiquiri Mix, and even Margarita Mix (for the most part) are all essentially the same thing.

On average, there are 3 tablespoons of juice in one lemon. So, for a cup of fresh lemon juice, you would need 5 and a quarter lemons.

The Tom Collins is arguably the most recognizable example of the Collins family of drinks. Generally speaking, a Collins simply means a sour co*cktail (those involving a spirit mixed with sugar and citrus) served in a tall glass over ice, and topped with soda water.

A basic sour is made up of a base spirit plus a sour ingredient, either simple syrup with lemon or a pre-mixed sour. If those components are served in a tall glass with ice and topped with soda, then they create a collins.

Homemade sour mix is essentially simple syrup cut with lemon and lime juices. It's lovely with gin or blanco tequila, or in a Vodka Soda. Try adding it to smoothies and salad dressings for a sweet, citrus kick.

Some brands of Sweet & Sour Mix, like Timmy's, contain milk. Unfortunately, not all barkeeps may be aware of this either.

You should shake co*cktails that include: fruit juice, dairy or cream, egg whites, or sour mix. Shaking combines the different flavors of these ingredients efficiently, dilutes the alcohol, balances the flavors, and quickly chills the drink.

Liquor: Sours can be made with just about any spirit: whiskey, vodka, gin, tequila, and brandy. Citrus (the “sour”): Usually you'll see lemon juice or lime juice, but some variations have grapefruit or orange.