How To Make a Whiskey Sour

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Sours are a whole genre of cocktails unto themselves—built on a liquor, a lemon or lime component, and a sweetener. Which makes the whiskey sour "kissing cousins" with the margarita, daiquiri, and kamikaze.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Ice
A measuring jigger
2 oz. whiskey (bourbon or rye)
3/4 oz. lemon juice
1 tsp. sugar
A maraschino cherry
A cocktail shaker
And a sour glass (or rocks glass)

Step 1: Fill with ice

Fill the shaker with ice.

Step 2: Add whiskey, lemon & sugar

Add 2 oz. of whiskey, add ¾ oz of lemon juice, and finally add 1 teaspoon of sugar.

Step 3: Shake

Vigorously shake the ingredients.

Tip: Replace the sugar with a splash of orange juice and a teaspoon of grenadine and you've sweetened your sour into a new drink, called a Ward Eight.

Step 4: Fill with ice

Fill the rocks glass with ice.

Step 5: Strain into glass

Strain the mixture into the sour glass.

Tip: A sour glass, also often called a "whiskey sour glass," is somewhere between a brandy glass and champagne flute.

Step 6: Garnish

Garnish with a cherry, and serve.

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[wcgold]

I'd like her to shake my "ingredients", if you know what I mean.

[WhitewashTheRapper]

This is useful if you want to turn an ugly girlfriend into a pretty one :)

[the7thwreck]

howcome she only just started measuring the oz's? before when they said oz's, it meant pour as much as you want...lol

[MultiRump]

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[66LoveDove]

@wcgold XD i get it

[TheDarknessOfVoid]

@97Scarygirl me too....

[bbkingzor]

@wcgold I don't know what you mean

[MultiKiller10]

add some lime or lemon

[97Scarygirl]

Lol I'm 13 and i'm watching these because i'm bored. :P

[DanDanTheBassman]

@onedollarphilistine I happen to really like the egg white. I'll be sure to try the powdered sugar idea, though. And I've always poured these over ice, as well... thanks for the insight!