Day 344, Cocktail 351
Well, I guess this serves me right. I didn’t take any pictures of Tuesday’s cocktail, a whiskey fizz. I did a quick online search for photos of whiskey fizz and I found some very nice ones, but just didn’t feel right using someone else’s photograph of the cocktail. So I got cute and thought, “hey, I’ll find something sexy to use” and did a search for whiskey chicks. Well, you can see how that turned out…
Whiskey Fizz
- 1-1/2 oz rye whiskey
- 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1 oz bar syrup
- lemon lime soda
Combine everything but the lemon lime soda in a shaker with ice cubes and shake to mix and chill. Strain into a collins glass filled with ice cubes and top with lemon lime soda. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
This recipe came from Dale Degroff’s “The Craft of the Cocktail”, and it is very good – it beats just a plain rye and 7-Up anyday. The lemon adds a much fresher component to the recipe than you would otherwise get just using the soda. I used Jim Beam rye in this one, but a good bourbon would work just as well.
Cheers!
