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New York Sour

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup (2 ounces) bourbon
  • 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
  • 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) simple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) fruity red wine, such as Zinfandel or Gamay
  • 1 strip lemon zest

Cooking Instructions

Step 1: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.  Add bourbon, lemon juice, and simple syrup; seal lid on shaker and shake until chilled and frost forms on shaker, about 15 seconds.  Strain into a rocks glass filled with large ice cubes.

Step 2: Gently and slowly, pour wine over the back of a spoon held just above the cocktail’s surface, letting the wine float at top of glass.

Step 3: Pinch lemon peel over the cocktail and run it around the rim of the glass; add peel to glass as a garnish.  Serve immediately.

Enjoy this elevated take on a whisky sour from Food & Wine!