{"id":4619,"date":"2018-08-15T09:25:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T07:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:06:36","slug":"when-life-gives-you-lemons-make-a-monkey-shoulder-godfather-sour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/when-life-gives-you-lemons-make-a-monkey-shoulder-godfather-sour\/","title":{"rendered":"When life gives you lemons, make a Monkey Shoulder Godfather Sour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Always swaying towards the unconventional, Monkey Shoulder Scotch whisky invites you to stir up a Godfather Sour as winter draws to an end. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine the smooth, rich flavour of Monkey Shoulder mixed into a refreshing cocktail that\u2019s also pretty simple to make. Of course, Monkey Shoulder Whisky, which has earned its place in the shakers of the world\u2019s finest bars, makes this drink all the more exciting.<\/p>\n<p>This tangy recipe is concocted by combining syrup, amaretto and lemon juice. With one batch of homemade syrup you should be able to serve four Godfather Sours, a tasty libation guaranteed to end off your winter season with a bang.<\/p>\n<p>The God<a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/fathers-day-johannesburg\/\">father<\/a> Sour is an interesting twist on an old classic \u2013 \u00a0the whisky sour \u2013 and this\u00a0playful mixture adds a fresh tang to the tail end of the Monkey\u2019s aftertaste. Once you taste it you\u2019ll understand why; or should we say \u201ccapish?\u201d.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Godfather Sour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What You\u2019ll Need<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>45ml Monkey Shoulder, voted the number 1 trending Scotch whisky by the world\u2019s top 100 bars in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>25ml Amaretto liqueur<\/p>\n<p>30ml fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n<p>15ml simple syrup<\/p>\n<p>15ml egg white (optional)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Making It<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker; shake well and strain into a glass<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Monkey Shoulder responsibly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4621\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"1093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1.jpg 1408w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-561x435.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-1122x871.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-364x283.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-758x588.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-608x472.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-1152x894.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Monkey-Shoulder-Godfather-Sour-copy-1-600x466.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always swaying towards the unconventional, Monkey Shoulder Scotch whisky invites you to stir up a Godfather Sour as winter draws to an end. Imagine the smooth, rich flavour of Monkey Shoulder mixed into a refreshing cocktail that\u2019s also pretty simple to make. Of course, Monkey Shoulder Whisky, which has earned its place in the shakers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[738],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-monkey-shoulder"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7572,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions\/7572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}