Limoncello Whiskey Sour Cocktail Recipe | I Can Cook That (2024)

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What is the best whiskey to use in a whiskey sour? ›

Old Grand-Dad 114p Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a powerhouse bourbon that elevates any cocktail, especially the classic Whiskey Sour. Its robust flavor and higher proof bring depth and complexity, enhancing the drink with rich notes of caramel, oak, and spice.

The golden formula for an easy sour cocktail breaks down like this: 2 ounces spirit. 1 ounce sweet. 1 ounce sour.

Limoncello liqueur has a concentrated zesty freshness which enlivens cocktails, parring well with flavours such as basil, honey, agave and tea. With: Citrus vodka, limoncello, lemon juice and sugar syrup. We say: Lemon, lemon and lemon, but well-balanced, refreshing and tasty. A great early summer's evening cocktail.

Limoncello also makes a great cocktail mixer. For an easy and refreshing Limoncello Spritzer, combine equal parts limoncello and club soda or seltzer water, add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, and garnish with a lemon slice and sprig of mint. Serve it straight or over ice.

This bourbon sour recipe combines a fresh splash of lemon juice and simple syrup with smooth Maker's Mark^® Bourbon for a classic taste everyone will love. Mix them up at parties, poker games, or any occasion and enjoy a sour cocktail that's tangy and refreshing.

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

The most widely used and made to the same recipe since 1824 when it was created as a tonic for troops by Dr J.G.B. Siegert while he was serving as a surgeon general in Simón Bolivar's army in Venezuela.

Both a whiskey sour and an old-fashioned cocktail are made with whiskey—and that's the only similarity really. A whiskey sour balances the whiskey with lemon juice and sugar or simple syrup, while an old-fashioned is stronger, more spirit forward, and made with bitters and a sugar cube.

How Strong Is a Whiskey Sour? Assuming that you pour an 80-proof whiskey into a whiskey sour, it is a relatively mild drink. Its alcohol content falls in the range of 14 percent alcohol by volume (28 proof). That's about half the strength of a Manhattan and similar to a glass of wine.

Although limoncello is usually served in a shot glass or what some refer to as a “shooter”, the sweet drink is to be sipped, not taken as a shot. However, this is not a hard feat to accomplish because once you taste this delicious drink, you will want to take your time to enjoy every last drop.

Do you drink limoncello straight or mix it? ›

Since it's served in a shot glass, we often get the question, “How do I drink it?” While it's up to you whether you shoot it back or sip it, we usually slowly sip it around a table with friends. Drinking limoncello straight (not in a mixed drink) is by far the most common way to drink it.

Indeed, some high quality limoncello liqueurs, such as Pallini, are made using PGI Sfusato lemon peel grown and infused in alcohol in the Amalfi PGI region but are not PGI limoncellos due to other aspects of production, such as location of blending and bottling, and additives such as colouring.

Limoncello and its ingredient pairings

Its dominant orange, lemon and citrus aromas can be paired with grapefruit, mango, black currant, blueberries, ginger, cinnamon, cheddar and triple sec.

Limoncello is made by steeping lemon zest (peels) in highly concentrated ethanol or vodka until oil is released, then mixing the resulting yellow liquid with simple syrup. Its alcohol content varies — especially among homemade varieties — but is usually measured somewhere in the 25-30% range.

What Alcohol to Use? If you have the option, 100 proof vodka or even higher-proof grain alcohol is the very best to use for making limoncello. This will extract more and better lemon flavor from the peels, and makes a smoother, less cloying limoncello.

Bourbon Is Best

If you love rye whiskey in your sour, go for it. But there's something about the softer, vanilla and caramel notes of bourbon that does the drink right. “With rye, there's more spice,” says McCoy.

A smooth Irish whiskey like our Jameson Black Barrel is the perfect base for a whiskey sour. Both are whiskey cocktails with similar ingredients, whiskey sours use lemon juice and egg whites and old fashioneds don't.

2 dashes of Angostura bitters are necessary for making a Whiskey Sour because they add a nice finishing touch to the drink, giving it its complexity and depth of flavour. Angostura bitters have 35 to 45% of alcohol content with 12 calories per serving.

There are many types of whiskey, and bourbon is just one of them (in other words, all bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon). While all whiskeys are made from a fermented mash of grains, bourbon is predominantly made from corn (more on that later).