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New York Sour cocktail recipe

New York Sour

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Prep: 1 minMaking: 1 minTotal: 2 mins
Serving: 1 cocktail

Ingredients

  • Bourbon 60ml / 2oz
  • Lemon Juice 30ml / 1oz
  • Red Wine (chilled) 15ml / .5oz
  • Simple Syrup 15ml / .5oz
  • Angostura Bitters 1 dash
  • Egg Whites (or Aquafaba) 15ml / .5oz
  • Slice of lemon

Recipe

  • Add the Bourbon, Angostura Bitters, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup, and Egg Whites (or Aquafaba) to your Cocktail Shaker and shake well
  • Add ice to the Cocktail Shaker and shake again until the mix is well-chilled.
  • Strain into an Old Fashioned Glass over ice.
  • Poor the Red Wine over the back of a bar spoon so it’s distributed evenly and floats on top of the mix.
  • Garnish with a slice of lemon.

Bourbon

Bourbon is a type of Whiskey. It was created in America and is a barrel-aged distilled liquor that’s made primarily from corn.

The name Bourbon originates from the French Bourbon Dynasty, but how this type of American whiskey got that name is up for debate.

Major contenders include:

  • Bourbon Street in New Orleans
  • Bourbon County in Kentucky

…with the latter the reason why Bourbon is so closely connected to Kentucky.

Interestingly, by law, Bourbon sold in the US must be produced in the US, be made from at least 51% corn, and stored in a container of charred oak.

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