Drinks
Spirited
Whiskey Sour, Properly Strained
Double-strained, no foam shortcuts. The classic 1862 recipe.
Time
8 min
Makes
1 cocktail
Difficulty
Medium
Glass
Coupe
Method
1
Chill the coupe: fill with ice water while you make the drink.
2
Combine the bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, and bitters in a shaker. Fill with cubed ice.
3
Shake hard for 15 seconds. The shaker should frost over.
4
Double-strain: place a Hawthorne strainer on the shaker, and hold a fine-mesh strainer over the coupe. Pour through both.
5
Discard the ice water from the coupe. Garnish with a maraschino cherry on a pick.
From the kitchen
Double-strain, always. A single-strain leaves ice chips that dilute the drink in the glass.