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Scotch Sour in a rocks glass, drawn with its ingredient layers

Scotch Sour

The Scotch Sour is a dry shaken whiskey cocktail, fresh and citrusy. It is made with blended scotch, lemon juice, simple syrup and more, served in a rocks glass over ice.

Strength: about 13% ABV in the glass, roughly 16 g of alcohol per drink (an estimate; brands and dilution vary).

Ingredients

Blended Scotch50 ml (1¾ oz)
Lemon juice25 ml (¾ oz)
Simple syrup20 ml (¾ oz)
Egg white20 ml (¾ oz)

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Shake everything without ice for 10 seconds to whip the egg white.
  2. Add ice and shake hard again.
  3. Double strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with lemon twist.
Glass
Rocks glass
Ice
Cubed
Garnish
Lemon twist
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