Apple Pie Sour

I may have just made the best cocktail for Thanksgiving. This Apple Pie Sour owes its magic to the homemade apple pie syrup that I’m also going to teach you how to make. Trust me, it’s so worth the effort and you can use it in more than just cocktails — think morning coffee and overnight oats.

It’s the perfect Thanksgiving drink for enjoying with pie at the end of the feast, but you could also serve it with appetizers, like this one. If you’re making cocktails for a crowd, I’ve also scaled the recipe for batching and included tips of batching egg white cocktails like this Apple Pie Sour.

Watch Me Mix It

How to Make It

1. To a cocktail shaker add vodka, cider, lemon juice, apple syrup and egg white.
2. Dry shake (with no ice).
3. Add ice and shake again.
4. Double strain between two chilled Nick and Nora glasses
5. Garnish and enjoy!

Batched Apple Pie Sour

Serves 8

Since the above recipe is for 2 people, multiply all of the above ingredients by 4, except the egg white, to make a batch for 8 people.

Stir everything except the egg white in a pitcher and keep cold in the fridge.

Separately, foam your egg whites: In a blender, add 2 egg whites + 1 cup of your pitcher cocktail. Blend 10–15 seconds until foamy and then pour that back into the pitcher and gently fold/stir it all together. Now your pitcher is “pre-foamed!” Keep cold until ready to serve.

Let’s Talk Egg Whites

Egg white cocktails are in their own frothy, foamy category of deliciousness. They add a creamy mouthfeel to the entire cocktail and give it a nice frothy head almost like a good nitro beer. But making a successfully foamy egg white cocktail (and drinking it safely) is all about SCIENCE! We love science. Everything you need to know about egg whites, the two-step shaking method, and batching egg white cocktails can be found on my Cocktail Foaming Guide.