#295 Cocktail: Whiskey Sour

   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 Iquique in 1872. (El Comercio de Iquique was published by Modesto Molina between 1874 and 1879.

     It is freakin' delicious !!!!

As a side note, if you have maple syrup, try to use that instead of simple syrup. It makes the cocktail soo much better

2 ounces bourbon or rye whiskey

1/2 ounce simple syrup

1 ounce fresh lemon juice

1 egg white

 

#294 Cocktail: Woo Woo

   A simple highball cocktail, but nonetheless really delicious and very easy to make. It is basically a vodka cranberry cocktail with an addition of peach schnapps .
   A very good cocktail for the summer.

2 ounces vodka

1/2 ounce peach schnapps

2 1/2 ounces cranberry juice

#293 Cocktail: Tropical

    This is a recipe by David Embury from 1950's, bu reformulated by Gaz Regan, due to the fact that the original one asked for muddled pineapple with sugar and it didn't include the bitters.
     A tasty cocktail that, depending on the type of bitters you use, the taste can change tremendously.

2 ounces dark rum

1/2 ounce pineapple juice

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

grenadine to taste

Angostura bitters to taste