Whiskey sour
| IBA Official Cocktail | |
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| Whiskey sour with ice cubes and lemon slice | |
| Type | Cocktail |
| Primary alcohol by volume | |
| Served | On the rocks; poured over ice |
| Standard garnish |
Maraschino cherry and half Orange slice |
| Standard drinkware |
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| IBA specified ingredients* |
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| Preparation | Shake with ice. Strain into chilled glass, garnish and serve. |
| Notes | If served 'On the rocks', strain ingredients into old-fashioned glass filled with ice. |
| Whiskey Sour recipe at DrinkBoy IBA | |
Maraschino cherry and half Orange slice
The whiskey sour is a mixed drink containing whiskey (often bourbon), lemon juice, sugar, and optionally, a dash of egg white. With the egg white, it is sometimes called a Boston Sour. It is shaken and served either straight up or over ice.
The traditional garnish is half an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
A variant of the whiskey sour is the Ward 8, which often is based with bourbon or rye whiskey, and includes both lemon and orange juices, and grenadine syrup as the sweetener. The egg white sometimes employed in other whiskey sours is generally not included in this variation.
The oldest historical mention of a whiskey sour was published in the Wisconsin newspaper, Waukesha Plain Dealer, in 1870.
In 1962, the Universidad del Cuyo published a story, citing the Peruvian newspaper El Comercio de Iquique, which indicated that Elliott Stubb created the "whisky sour" in 1872. (El Comercio de Iquique was published by Modesto Molina between 1874 and 1879.)
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