Emerald Night Sour

Name: Emerald Night Sour
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail; pitcher version serves 8
Ingredients: 1.5 oz melon liqueur (45 ml); 1 oz vodka (30 ml); 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice (15 ml); 0.5 oz fresh lime juice (15 ml); 2 oz club soda (60 ml); 1.5 cups melon liqueur (360 ml); 1 cup vodka (240 ml); 0.5 cup fresh lemon juice (120 ml); 0.5 cup fresh lime juice (120 ml); 2 cups club soda, chilled (480 ml)

Nothing else in the cabinet is this colour. Melon liqueur is sweet, so the trick is plenty of fresh citrus and a splash of soda to lengthen it. What you get is closer to a tart melon lemonade than the syrupy green drinks you may remember.

1 cocktail; pitcher version serves 8Yield

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What you'll need

1.5 oz melon liqueur (45 ml)
1 oz vodka (30 ml)
0.5 oz fresh lemon juice (15 ml)
0.5 oz fresh lime juice (15 ml)
2 oz club soda (60 ml)
1.5 cups melon liqueur (360 ml)
1 cup vodka (240 ml)
0.5 cup fresh lemon juice (120 ml)
0.5 cup fresh lime juice (120 ml)
2 cups club soda, chilled (480 ml)

How to make it

Shake the melon liqueur, vodka, lemon juice and lime juice with ice for 10 seconds.
Strain into a tall glass over fresh ice and top with the club soda.
Stir the liqueur, vodka and juices together and chill. Pour over ice and top each glass with soda.
Glass: Highball or Collins glass. Garnish: A lime wheel and a dark cherry on a pick.

Chef's secrets

The measured citrus is what keeps this from being too sweet. Use fresh juice.

For a frothy top, shake with one egg white, without ice first and then with.

Good to know

Make ahead

The pitcher base keeps for a day in the fridge. Add soda in the glass, not the pitcher.