Recipe: Happy Whiskey Sour Day!

Today, Aug. 25, is National Whiskey Sour Day! And if you want to make one yourself, all the ingredients you need are bourbon, lemon juice and sugar.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 – 2 oz of whiskey (such as bourbon whiskey)
• 2/3 oz of lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of sugar
• Optional: ice (inside shaker, for straining), or for serving “on the rocks.”

• Pour liquor and lemon juice into a tumbler/cocktail shaker and add sugar.
• Shake and strain into a cocktail glass or sour glass.
• For extra credit, garnish with a lemon wedge, half an orange slice or maraschino cherry.
• Enjoy!

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Whiskey Sour with Freshly-Squeezed Juices

In the video below, Food Network’s Ina Garten demonstrates how to make a fresh Whiskey Sour.

She uses:

• 3/4 cup of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
• 1/2 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 cup of freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2/3 cup of simple syrup (cup of sugar and cup of water, cooked and chilled)

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