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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Whiskey Sour, New York Style

Whiskey Sour, New York Style floats claret on top of the basic whiskey sour.

Served in Star-glass. Ice: Ice.

Variants (1)

Louis' Mixed Drinks with Hints for the Care & Serving of Wines by Louis Muckensturm (1906, p.95)

0.5 lemonlemon juice — Lemon juicebase
0.5 bar-glassrye whiskey — Rye whiskeybase
Soda water — Sodadilution
claret — Claretother
ice — Shaved iceother
  1. Fill the mixing-glass with shaved ice, shake well, strain into a star-glass, fill with soda, float a little claret on top, and serve.

Ice: Ice