Gold Rush

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Discerning Drinkers (201 ratings)

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass
Ingredients:
60 ml Bourbon whiskey
22.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
22.5 ml Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
1 swath Grapefruit peel/zest (optional)
3 drop Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) (optional)
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of Lemon zest twist and lemon wedge.
  3. REGAL SHAKE all ingredients (including grapefruit zest).
  4. FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. Express lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
  6. Garnish with lemon wedge.

Strength & taste guide:


Review:

A Whiskey Sour made with honey syrup in place of sugar.

History:

Recipe envisaged by T. J. Siegel one night in 2001 at Milk & Honey, New York City, USA, where it was first made by Sasha Petraske.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 16.79% alc./vol. (33.58° proof)
  • 17.6 grams of pure alcohol
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