Best Whiskey Sour Recipes

Tomorrow (Saturday) is National Whiskey Sour day, so in honor of that, here are some recipes you might want to get into according to chilledmagazine.com.

1. Tea and Sour – Shawn Chen (Decoy, NYC)

• 2 oz. TINCUP Whiskey
• 1 oz. Fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 oz. Light brown simple syrup
• 1 Pinch China Rose Black Tea
• 3-4 Light dashes Teapot Bitters
• 1 Egg white

Preparation: Put the ingredients into a shaking tin; Dry shake intensely for about 15 seconds until egg white turns foamy. Add Kold-Draft ice, shake quickly and strain into a coupe glass.

2. Mr Clint’s Sour – Michael Neff (The Three Clubs, Los Angeles

• 1 3/4 oz. Whiskey
• 1/2 oz. PAMA Liqueur
• 1/4 oz. Campari
• 3/4 oz. Fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 oz. Simple syrup
• 1 Egg white

Preparation: Combine  everything in a mixing glass. Shake dry for 15 seconds, then add ice and shake pretty hard until well-frothed. Serve up in a cocktail glass and garnish with an orange wedge and cherry. You're a pimp!

3. Smoky Sour – Jim Kearns (The Happiest Hour, NYC)

• 2 oz. Whiskey
• 3/4 oz. Lemon juice
• 1/2 oz. Cinnamon bark syrup
• 1/4 oz. Lapsang souchong tea syrup
• 1 Egg white

Preparation: Pour all the liquid into a shaker filled with ice. Shake for 10 seconds until the drink is frothy and delicious looking. Serve up in a coupe glass. Time to smoke it up!

4. New England Sour – Lucinda Sterling (Middle Branch, NYC)

• 2 oz. TINCUP Whiskey
• 3/4 oz. Grapefruit Juice
• 1/2 oz. Grade-A maple syrup
• 1/2 oz. Ginger syrup
• 2 dashes The Dead Rabbit Orinoco Bitters

Preparation: Combine everything in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and serve up in a cocktail glass. Time to do it New England style. 

5. Frisky Sour – Lucinda Sterling (Middle Branch, NYC)

• 2 oz. Whiskey
• 1/2 oz. PAMA Liqueur
• 1/2 oz. Orgeat syrup
• 3/4 oz. Fresh lemon juice
• 8 Drops Dead Rabbit Orinoco Bitters

Preparation: Pour everything into a shaker filled with ice. Shake it up and serve it down in a sour glass. Garnish with cinnamon zest. Get ready to get Zesty! 

Personally, I 'm feeling the Smokey Sour, I like how cinnamon works with whiskey ... might just have to create this tonight!