Whiskey Sour

Difficulty Easy

Technique Shaken

While recorded mentions of the Whiskey Sour date this classic cocktail back to the 1860s, it is believed that sailors in the British Navy had been drinking something very similar to the mix of Bourbon, Lemon Juice and Sugar for far longer than that.

Ingredients

1.5 oz. 45ml Bourbon
1.5 oz. 45ml Lemon Juice
0.75 oz. 23ml Simple Syrup

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Glass

Old Fashioned

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake, then strain into an ice filled Old Fashioned glass

Garnish

Lemon peel or Maraschino Cherry

More about this drink

The first printed record of the Whiskey Sour appears in 1862 in Jerry Thomas’ How to Mix Drinks, though the recipe likely dates back many years earlier.