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Whiskey Fix

Whiskey Fix

Classic

A bourbon sour, served over crushed ice.

Before DinnerClassicCitrusy
3 minEasyBalanced

Caramel and oak from the bourbon with bright lemon, softened by crushed ice. Sweet-tart, smooth, and cooling.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Bourbon
  • 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 0.75 oz Simple Syrup
  • Lemon wheel · optional garnish

Method

  1. 1

    Add the bourbon, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.

  2. 2

    Shake until well-chilled.

  3. 3

    Strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice.

  4. 4

    Garnish with a lemon wheel.

The Story

The Whiskey Fix is the whiskey sour's older, icier sibling: the same spirit, citrus, and sugar, but poured over crushed ice. Fixes were a staple of nineteenth-century American bar guides, and they are every bit as easy to make today.

Glass · Rocks glassGarnish · Lemon wheel