I’m starting to see a lot of fruit on the citrus trees around town. I’m considering making a map of Davis that highlights all the best spots to glean fruit from people’s yards. All the oranges, limes, and lemons got me thinking about sours. And I had all this whiskey lying around…
![The ingredients (minus powdered sugar)](https://i0.wp.com/www.falselogic.net/dimortuisunt/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-16-17.22.26-579x1024.jpg?resize=579%2C1024)
Simple Whiskey Sour
- 1 1/2 oz. Whiskey
- 2 lemons
- 1 lime
- 2 tsp powdered sugar
Juice lemon and lime. Combine whiskey, juice, and powdered sugar in a shaker full of ice. Shake. Strain into a old fashioned glass. garnish with lemon wedge or wheel.
This is not a real whiskey sour, as it lacks egg white and cheats on the simple syrup part. I don’t know if I had a pair of really strong lemons or I didn’t add enough powdered sugar but my drink was sour. Really, really sour. I was unprepared for the sour. Definitely made pucker faces while drinking it. That isn’t to say it wasn’t good, just to say that bar made whiskey sours are a sad, sad, imitation of the almost real thing. Future whiskey sours will probably have a little more sugar in them.