what a good recipe for a whiskey sour without using pre-made sour mix??

Question

i love whiskey sours but i dont always like the taste of pre-made/bottled sour mix.

how can i make my own?? whats the best kind of whiskey to use?

Answer 1

Allrecipes.com

they have everything and they will have several so you can try and find the one you like

Answer 2

Sour Mix Ingredients
1 cup Sugar
2 cups Hot Water
2 cups fresh Lemon juice
Mixing Instruction
Dissolve sugar in water and add lemon juice. Refrigerate untill cool.

Personally I like Jack Daniels or Crown Royal for whiskey sours

Answer 3

I like to use Squirt as a sour mixer.

My favorite Whiskey, is Jim Beam Black. It is a very good, smooth whiskey, and it's not the most expensive. I also like Old Heaven Hill (it is 100 proof) and coke.

Happy mixing!

Stevo.

Answer 4

fro whiskey sours, I use canadian whiskey like seagrams or cc and the recipe for sour mix is 1cup lemon juice, 1 cup lime juice, and 1 cup oj with a couple spoonfulls of sugar, sweeten to taste, and enjoy

Answer 5

HANDMADE WHISKEY SOUR

Into a mixing glass with ice...
--1 1/2 oz of whiskey
--The juice freshly squeezed from a lemon
--1/2 tsp of sugar
Shake then strain into a rocks glass with ice.

Answer 6

Lord Calvert Whiskey with a lemon squeezed in it.

Answer 7

Sour Mix:
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* 1-oz lemon juice * 1-oz sugar * 2 oz water
Combine lemon juice and sugar, then dilute with water and stir to
dissolve sugar.
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Whiskey sour # 1
1 1/2 ounces whiskey (or bourbon, Scotch, Canadian whiskey, or Irish whiskey)
4 ounces sour mix * Crushed ice * 1 maraschino cherry
Combine the whiskey and sour mix in a large old-fashioned glass with ice. Stir, garnish with cherry, and serve.
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Whiskey sour # 2
INGREDIENTS:
* 2 oz whiskey * 1 oz sour mix
Pour whiskey and sweet and sour over ice cubes in a squat, old-fashioned glass.
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Whiskey sour # 3
* 2 oz blended whiskey * juice of 1/2 lemons * 1/2 tsp powdered sugar * 1 cherry * 1/2 slice lemon
Shake blended whiskey, juice of lemon, and powdered sugar with ice and strain into a whiskey sour glass. Decorate with the half-slice of lemon, top with the cherry, and serve.

Answer 8

windsor + squirt (the pop)
or
*mcadams + squirt

very easy and good whiskey sours

*mcadams is a cheap ripoff of windsor

Answer 9

my favorite whisky is jack daniels single barrel. use lemonade instead of sour. it tastes pretty much the same. if you want something a little different, mix half lemonade and half sprite. ginger ale is great with whisky too.

Answer 10

Lemon juice, sugar, soda water.

Or lemon juice and 7up or sprite.