Build a Better Cocktail
The best mixed drinks begin with the right blueprints. Here’s the perfect set of plans
By Jeffery Lindenmuth
How to make a blood-and-whiskey sour
Separate the egg white from the yolk and drop the white into a mixing glass. Add the bourbon, fresh orange juice, sugar, and bitters. Fill the glass with ice and shake vigorously. Strain the drink into a highball glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with a wide strip of orange peel, squeezing the oil over the cocktail and rubbing the skin along the rim of the glass before placing it in the drink.
The Men’s Health Living Custom Cocktail
Blood-and-Whiskey Sour
You’ll need:
1 medium-size egg white
2 oz Maker’s Mark bourbon
Juice of 1–2 whole blood oranges, hand squeezed
1 tsp superfine sugar
3 dashes Angostura bitters
1. Maker’s Mark bourbon Wheat gives this bourbon a smooth and gentle character. “You need a crowd-pleasing spirit. You’re not just making drinks for yourself,” says McDonnell.
2. Egg white This classic cocktail ingredient adds viscosity and mouthfeel, as well
as a “lattelike froth,” says McDonnell.
3. Superfine sugar This variety has finer granules than standard granulated sugar, so it dissolves completely in the shaker.
4. Blood-orange juice This orange is McDonnell’s favorite winter fruit because of its “perfect combination of sweet and sour, and striking deep red color.”
5. Angostura bitters These add an olfactory spike to the drink and punctuate the bourbon.
Comments
03 Mar 2008, 09:33
I will test this mix this weekend. It looks promising. I normally use Stirring's Lemondrop Martini Mix in my Bourbon Sour.