The Two Suite Sour: Like a Tuxedo in a Dive Bar

Let’s be clear: the Two Suite Sour from Glass Backwards is not here to hold your hand and tell you everything’s going to be okay. It’s here to throw on a velvet blazer, kiss your forehead, and whisper, “We’re doing crimes tonight.”

This cocktail starts out all business—a classic sour formula dressed to impress—but then it turns around and throws a splash of orange juice in your face like an unrepentant scamp. Think of it as the lovechild of a fancy cocktail lounge and a very charming, very reckless European exchange student who may or may not have a fake passport and a Vespa.

The Reverse Walkthrough (Glass Backwards Style)

Step 1: Garnish with a slice of orange.

Why? Because we’re not monsters. Because your drink deserves a little flair. Because this is the Instagram generation, and we eat (and sip) with our eyes first.

Step 2: Add a splash of orange juice.

A splash, darling. Not a glug, not a pour, just enough to make you raise an eyebrow and go, “Wait—what’s that?”

Step 3: Pour in your shaken cocktail.

What’s in it? Oh honey, buckle up.

The Shakening

• 1.5 oz gin – Your clean-cut base. The guy who pays his taxes early but has a mysterious tattoo.
• 0.5 oz Averna (or Jägermeister because Averna is esssspensive) – The dark horse. Earthy, bittersweet, possibly armed.
• 3/4 oz lemon juice – Brings the drama. This is your acid queen.
• 3/4 oz simple syrup – Keeps it all from spiraling into chaos. The peacemaker.
• 1 egg white – For that silky, foamy crown. Like the foam on a cappuccino, but sexier.
• 2 dashes old fashioned bitters – Adds complexity, like a subplot in a good heist movie.

Dry shake it like you’re trying to wake the dead (read: no ice), then shake again with ice like you mean it.

Strain into a glass like the sophisticated adult you are—or pretend to be on weekends—and finish with that splash of OJ and orange slice garnish. Boom. The Two Suite Sour.

This drink slaps. It’s a little sweet, a little bitter, and unexpectedly smooth—like the cocktail equivalent of someone who flirts in French and disappears before brunch. Serve it at your next dinner party and prepare for people to ask if you’ve been somewhere. (You have: to flavor town. Population: this glass.)