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Sour · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Whisky Sour

A whisky sour with sugar, water, customer-selected whisky, lemon juice, and crushed ice.

whisky · lemon · sugar · refreshing

Served in Cobbler glass. Ice: Crushed ice.

Variants (5)

Methode pour composer soi-meme Les boissons americaines by Emile Lefeuvre (1889, p.31) — Emile Lefeuvre 1889

0.25 lemonlemon juice — jus d'un quart de citronacid
1 teaspoonpowdered sugar — sucre en poudrebase
1 Madeira glasswhisky — Whisky according to taste.base
1 Madeira glasswater — eaudilution
  1. Prepare as the Gin Sour, using whisky according to the customer's taste.

Ice: Crushed ice

Drinks a La Mode by Mrs de Salis (1891, p.17) — Drinks a La Mode 1891

0.5 tumblerfulwhisky — old whiskybase
chipped ice other
0.5 tumblerfullemon syrup sweetener
  1. Combine old whisky and lemon syrup with chipped ice, then pour between two glasses two or three times.

Ice: Chipped ice

Bartenders' Manual by Bartenders Association of America (1913, p.45)

3.5 dashlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
ice — Fine icebase
1 wineglasswhisky — Whiskybase
0.5 wineglassSeltzer water — Seltzer waterdilution
0.5 tablespoonsugar — Sugarsweetener
  1. Stir well, strain into a sour glass, and dress with fruit.

Garnish: Fruit

Ice: Fine ice

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.73)

1 glasswhisky — Whiskybase
  1. Prepare following the Brandy Sour method, replacing cognac with whisky.

Café Royal Cocktail Book by W. J. Tarling (1937, p.234)

0.5 lemonlemon juice — Lemon Juicebase
1 glassWhiskey — Rye, Bourbon or Scotch Whiskybase
Soda water — Syphon Soda Waterdilution
1 unitCherry — Cherrygarnish
1 sliceOrange — Orangegarnish
1 teaspoonsugar — Powdered Sugarsweetener
  1. Pour into a cocktail shaker, add crackled ice, shake well, strain into a wine glass prepared with a slice of orange and a cherry, and fill with syphon soda water.

Ice: Ice

See also: Brandy Sour, Gin Sour

Cross-reference recipe; the source instructs using the Brandy Sour preparation with whisky substituted for cognac.