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Ingredients
Whiskey – 45 ml
Lemon juice – 30 ml
Sugar syrup – 15 ml
How to make a cocktail
Pour all the ingredients into a shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Pour through a strainer into a chilled cocktail glass.
* Use this simple Whiskey Sour cocktail recipe to make your own unique mix at home. To do this, it is enough to replace the base alcohol with the one that is available.
Whiskey sour video recipe
The History of the Whiskey Sour Cocktail
The Whiskey Sour cocktail, or sour whiskey, was invented in the XNUMXth century. The original recipe used only bourbon, any other type of whiskey was considered inappropriate. Traditionally, it is decorated with an orange slice or a cocktail cherry.
The oldest surviving mention of the cocktail dates back to 1870, when a recipe for the drink appeared in the newspaper of the US state of Wisconsin in the Readers’ Recipes section.
There is also a version according to which the recipe was published in Jerry Thomas’ book “The Bartender’s Handbook” in 1862, but there is no documentary evidence for this.
In 1962, an article appeared in Peruvian newspapers, according to which the cocktail was invented in Peru in 1862.
The name of the cocktail is pretty easy to explain. Both in the original recipe and in the modern version, the cocktail is a mixture of whiskey and lemon juice, lightly sweetened with syrup.
The syrup is not enough to completely drown out the sour taste, it only softens it. Hence the name of the drink – sour whiskey.
Whiskey sour cocktail variations
boston sour – egg white is added to the original recipe.
New York Sour – add red wine to the original recipe.
Whiskey sour video recipe
The History of the Whiskey Sour Cocktail
The Whiskey Sour cocktail, or sour whiskey, was invented in the XNUMXth century. The original recipe used only bourbon, any other type of whiskey was considered inappropriate. Traditionally, it is decorated with an orange slice or a cocktail cherry.
The oldest surviving mention of the cocktail dates back to 1870, when a recipe for the drink appeared in the newspaper of the US state of Wisconsin in the Readers’ Recipes section.
There is also a version according to which the recipe was published in Jerry Thomas’ book “The Bartender’s Handbook” in 1862, but there is no documentary evidence for this.
In 1962, an article appeared in Peruvian newspapers, according to which the cocktail was invented in Peru in 1862.
The name of the cocktail is pretty easy to explain. Both in the original recipe and in the modern version, the cocktail is a mixture of whiskey and lemon juice, lightly sweetened with syrup.
The syrup is not enough to completely drown out the sour taste, it only softens it. Hence the name of the drink – sour whiskey.
Whiskey sour cocktail variations
boston sour – egg white is added to the original recipe.
New York Sour – add red wine to the original recipe.