Whisky Sour Recipe with a Dehydrated Lemon Wheel
How to make a Whisky Sour with bourbon, fresh lemon juice, sugar syrup, and egg white — finished with a dehydrated lemon wheel.
A Whisky Sour is bourbon (or rye), fresh lemon juice, and sugar syrup, shaken hard and served over ice. Adding egg white and a dry shake builds the signature silky foam; a dehydrated lemon wheel and a few drops of Angostura bitters finish the top.
4 minutes 1 servingGarnish: Dehydrated lemon
Ingredients
- 50ml bourbon
- 25ml fresh lemon juice
- 15ml sugar syrup
- 1 fresh egg white (optional, for foam)
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 Batch & Peel dehydrated lemon wheel
Method
- 1
Add the bourbon, lemon juice, sugar syrup, and egg white to a shaker — no ice yet.
- 2
Dry-shake hard for 10 seconds to build the foam.
- 3
Add ice and shake again for 10 to 12 seconds until cold.
- 4
Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- 5
Drop two dashes of Angostura bitters onto the foam and float a dehydrated lemon wheel on top.
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