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Firefighter's Sour

A cocktail made with light rum, grenadine, lime juice, powdered sugar, club soda, and ice.

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Why it works: Rum and lime work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 412 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Firefighter's Sour

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Shake with ice and strain into a glass.

  2. Fill glass with club soda.

  3. Top with lime wedge and a cherry.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

92Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Rum + limetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Rum + sugartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,908 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Light rum
Provides the spirit base and the main body of the drink.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that balances the sweetness and brightens the flavor.
Grenadine
Adds sweetness, fruity flavor, and red color.
Powdered sugar
Adds sweetness that dissolves easily in cold liquid.

The step that matters

Shake with ice and strain. Shaking with ice chills the drink and dilutes it slightly, which softens the alcohol and blends the citrus and sweet flavors. Straining keeps ice chips out of the glass.

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rum, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rum, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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