A whiskey sour is a cocktail consisting of whisky, lemon, sugar and egg white.

Whiskey Sour

Glass
Ice
Method
Dry shake & shake hard and strain
Garnish
Orange peel

Ingredients

6 cl
Freshly squeezed lemon juice
4 cl
2 cl
Aromatic bitter
2 dashes
Egg white
1 piece

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The word whiskey comes from the Scottish Gaelic expression "uisge beatha" which means water of life. The earliest whiskey was almost exclusively distilled by monks. It was never allowed to mature, and tended to be very raw. It is perhaps not so surprising either, since it was primarily considered to be a medicine that was used against a wide range of diseases.
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