Whiskey Sour

The Whiskey Sour is a Cocktail consisting of Whiskey, Fresh Lemon Juice, and Sugar.

Earliest Printed Recipe

From Jerry Thomas' (1862)

• Take 1 large tea-spoonful of powdered white sugar,
• dissolved in a little Seltzer or Apollinaris water.
• The juice of half a small lemon.
• 1 wine-glass of Bourbon or rye whiskey.

Fill the glass full of shaved ice, shake up and strain into a claret glass. Ornament with berries.

Common Recipes

Recipe#1

• 50ml Bourbon Whiskey
• 25ml Fresh Lemon Juice
• 15ml Sugar Syrup
• 15ml Eggwhite

Shake with ice, and then strain into Ice-filled Rocks Glass. Garnish with a Lemon Slice.

Dick Bradsell's Recipe.

• 50ml Bourbon Whisky,
• 30ml Fresh Lemon Juice,
• 15ml Gomme Syrup,
• 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters,
• Eggwhite.

Shake with ice, and then strain into Ice-filled Rocks Glass. Garnish with a Lemon Slice, and a maraschino cherry.

George Sinclair's Recipe.

• 50ml Bourbon Whisky,
• 30ml Fresh Lemon Juice,
• 15ml Gomme Syrup,
• 2 dashes of Grapefruit Bitters,
• Eggwhite.

Shake with ice, and then strain into Ice-filled Rocks Glass. Garnish with a Lemon Twist.