White Lady (cocktail)
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| A typical whiskey sour in a non-standard glass. | |
| Type | Cocktail family |
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| Alcohol common in this class of cocktail | |
| Notes | See the article for specifics. |
| IBA Official Cocktail | |
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| Type | Cocktail |
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| Served | Straight up; without ice |
| Standard drinkware |
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| IBA specified ingredients* |
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| Preparation | Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into large cocktail glass. |
| Notes | This cocktail is a variant of the Sidecar |
| * White Lady recipe at International Bartenders Association | |
A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks. Common examples of sours are the margarita and the sidecar. Sours belong to one of the old families of original cocktails and are described by Jerry Thomas in his 1862 book How to Mix Drinks.
Sours are mixed drinks containing a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener (triple sec, simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice are common). Egg whites are also included in some sours.
The Gin Sour is a traditional mixed cocktail that predates Prohibition. It is a simple combination of gin, lemon juice, and sugar. Adding carbonated water to this turns it into a gin fizz.
In an 1898 book by Finley Dunne, Mr. Dooley includes it in a list of great supposedly American inventions.
It was popular during the 1940s, and Kevin Starr includes it in "an array of drinks (the gin sour, the whiskey sour, the Gin Rickey, the Tom Collins, the Pink Lady, the Old Fashioned) that now seem period pieces, evocative of another era."
White Lady (also known as a Delilah, Chelsea Side-car, Kiernander, Janikedvence and Lillian Forever) is essentially a sidecar made with gin in place of brandy. What makes it different from the simple gin sour is the switching of sugar for triple sec. The cocktail sometimes also includes additional ingredients, for example egg white, sugar, or cream.
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