A whiskey sour with a foam top and a dried orange wheel in a coupe, on a birch slice against pale concrete

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House recipe

Whiskey Sour

Dealcoholized bourbon, lemon, a little sugar and a proper foam. Egg white or aquafaba both work.

Glass
Rocks
Garnish
Aromatic bitters on the foam, lemon peel
Time
4 min

Ingredients

  • 2 ozSpiritless Kentucky 74
  • 1 ozFresh lemon juice
  • 0.5 ozRich demerara syrup (2:1)
  • 0.75 ozEgg white or aquafaba
  • PinchSalt

Method

  1. Shake everything without ice for 10 seconds to build the foam.
  2. Add ice and shake hard for another 10 seconds.
  3. Strain over a large cube (or up into a chilled coupe).
  4. Dot the foam with a few drops of alcohol-free aromatic bitters.

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