Classic Whiskey Sour

Classics are called thus for a reason; they allow for a perfect balance between timeless style and personal reinvention. Just like jazz music and the tango, whiskey souris a classic among cocktail enthusiasts and bartenders.

Whiskey sour is a cocktail made of whiskey, lemon juice and sugar and egg white. In good old days, whiskey sour was a part of Easter celebrations. Over time, bartenders improvised over of whiskey sourto produce other fantabulous versions of the cocktail.

Sunset Whiskey Sour

This version of whiskey sour has a tint of pink/red floating over the top. Ingredients, such as grenadine, strawberry syrup, or glorious red wine to bring out the color. If you plan on using strawberry syrup, you might want to cut down a bit on the sugar syrup.

Alexis’ Bordeaux Sour

While most recipes for this cocktailincorporate the commercial, counterfeit, most commonly used version of Maraschino cherries (that glow with a garish bright red and taste horribly sweet), our recipe incorporates a better, if not the original, version of maraschino cherries. Beat the summer heat by packing your Whiskey Sour in a Vaya Drynk and enjoy the chilled Drynk on the go!

Ingredients

whiskey (Bourbon): 3 oz

lemon Juice: 2 oz

sugar syrup: 1½ oz

crushed ice: 2 oz

ice cubes to serve on the rocks: 2

Cherries or a slice of orange to garnish: 2 oz

bourbon whiskey: 2 ounces

lemon Juice: 1 ounces

strawberry syrup: 1 ounces

simple syrup: ½ ounce

red wine: ¼ ounce

ice cubes

orange slice for garnishing: 1

bourbon or Tennessee whiskey: ¼ cup

egg white: 1

lemon Juice: 6 tsp

maple syrup: 1 tbsp

Lillet Rouge: 1 oz

orange bitters: 1/4 tsp

soda: 1/8 cup

homemade maraschino cherries (2 for blending and one for garnishing): 3

How To Make Whiskey Sour

To prepare classic whiskey sour, combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, strain into an old-fashioned glass, and serve on the rocks. 

Boston Sour

The ingredients for Boston sour remain the same as classic whiskey sour. The only addition to the recipe is egg white.

To prepare Boston sour:

1. Combine crushed ice and egg whites and shake until frothy.

Note: Ensure that you don’t shake the living daylights of the ice-and-egg white mixture, as this would cause the shaker to develop pressure and form a foamy head due to the protein in the egg white

2. Add whiskey, lemon, and simple syrup and shake for a few seconds.
3. Strain into an old-fashioned glass on the rocks, garnish with a slice of orange or cherries, and serve immediately.

1. Mix whiskey, lemon juice, strawberry syrup and sugar syrup.
2. Pour into an old-fashioned glass over the rocks and float with red wine.
3. Garnish with a slice of orange, and serve immediately.

The Scottish Dream

This version of whiskey sour incorporates 15 ml cinnamon sugar syrup, a dash or two Black Mission Fig Bitters, 30 ml grapefruit juice, and of course the standards—bourbon whiskey and lemon juice.

To make cinnamon syrup, combine 1 cup sugar syrup and a cinnamon stick with 1 cup water. Bring to boil, and let cool.

To make the Scottish Dream cocktail, combine the ingredients in a shaker, strain into an old-

fashioned glass, garnish with a cherry and serve on the rocks.

This cocktail is packed with all sorts of the wow! There’s the sour from lemon juice, bitter from fig bitters, spice from the cinnamon, and sweet from the sugar and grapefruit juice!

1. In a thick-bottomed glass, crush lemon juice, maple syrup, and cherries with a muddler and transfer to a cocktail shaker.
2. Add whiskey, orange bitters, Little Rouge, egg white, and crushed ice and shake vigorously.
3. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice, garnish with a cherry and serve immediately.

If there’s one thing cocktail lovers hate and consider an eyesore, it’s the sight of neon-red blobs propped at the edge of a highball or soullessly sunken inside an old-fashioned. 

Even worse is the sight of these squinting red blobs on top of desserts. 

Yes folks!The fuss is all about the so-called Maraschino cherries, which are sold as a counterfeit of the original (which also goes by the same name) in every other departmental store you come across. 

This sure does bother cocktail snobs and dessert connoisseurs alike. If you belong to this breed, read on how to make homemade Maraschino cherries. 

While you may not be able to find authentic Marasca cherries for this recipe, sour cherries, or even sweet ones, work just fine. This recipe calls for: 

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

Choice of spices (vanilla bean, nutmeg, star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves)

1 cup maraschino liqueur (Luxardo) or top-shelf brandy

A bunch of cherries

To prepare Maraschino cherries:

1. Combine sugar, water, spices in a pan over medium heat, and let simmer. Stir until sugar is dissolved completely.
2. Removed from heat, add maraschino liqueur cherries and stir until cherries are coated with the preserve.
3. Transfer to air tight glass jars and refrigerate overnight.