Classic cocktail

Stone Sour

A whiskey sour softened with orange juice, first printed in 1917. Bourbon, lemon, orange, and syrup, with optional apricot and egg white.

Glass
Rocks glass
Method
Shake
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
4

Ingredients

  • 1½ oz BourbonMore Bourbon cocktails
  • ¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • ¾ oz Fresh Orange Juice
  • ½ oz Simple Syrup
  • ¼ oz Apricot Liqueur (optional)
  • ½ oz Egg White, dry shake if used (optional)

Garnish: Orange twist and cherry

How to make it

  1. If using egg white, dry shake it with the bourbon, citrus, syrup, and apricot liqueur first.
  2. Add ice and shake until well chilled.
  3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
  4. Garnish with an orange twist and a cherry.

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