While some cocktails are super sour and really attack the sour taste buds, a slightly sour cocktail tends to have a lighter amount of sour mix, lime or lemon typically offset by a moderate amount of sweets. The result, a cocktail that has a slight sour bite but nothing that attacks the senses and puckers the face. A great example is a Margarita cocktail using Agave Nectar to sweeten the taste, the sour lime is almost offset by a subtle sweet nectar taste.

Examples:

• Common Man Margarita