Frisco Sour

Ingredients

• 2 oz Rye Whiskey
• 0.5 oz Bénédictine
• 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
• 0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
• Lemon wheel · optional garnish

Method

1. 1

   Add the rye, Bénédictine, lemon juice, lime juice, and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.

2. 2

   Shake until well-chilled.

3. 3

   Strain into a chilled coupe.

4. 4

   Garnish with a lemon wheel.

The Story

The Frisco Sour is a rye sour of old and slightly murky pedigree, generally tied to San Francisco, whose nickname gave it its name. Bénédictine, the French herbal liqueur, stands in for most of the sugar, and splitting the citrus between lemon and lime gives the drink a sharper, drier edge than the standard whiskey sour.