Bourbon sour is a mixed alcoholic drink made with bourbon, lemon juice, and sugar or sweet and sour mix. Variations include using different juices or adding honey or bacon syrup. It is served cold and garnished with fruit slices or other creative options.
A type of whiskey sour, a bourbon sour is a kind of mixed alcoholic drink that combines bourbon with a sweet and sour concoction. A premade sweet and sour mix can be used or one can be made at home. Bourbons are usually served cold without ice, but can be served over ice. They are usually garnished with fruit slices.
While any type of whiskey can be used for a whiskey sour, a bourbon sour uses only bourbon whiskey. In addition to the liqueur, lemon juice and white sugar or a premade sweet and sour concoction are usually included. The sugar is often superfine, to aid in dissolving, but granulated sugar can be added. Some versions may alternatively include powdered sugar.
Variations on the basic bourbon sour can simply use another juice or can be more creative. One version, Sour Bourbon Grapefruit, replaces not only the lemon juice with grapefruit juice, but also the sugar component with honey. This version takes a little longer than other versions of the drink because the honey must be heated with water to form a thinner syrup before it can be combined with the other elements of the drink. Another version adds bacon syrup instead of the sugar element, creating a very unique take on the traditional bourbon sour.
Because the liquor and other ingredients are simply poured into an alcohol shaker with ice and shaken to mix, a bourbon sour is normally easy to create. After blending, the chilled liquid may be strained into a glass, usually a glass, leaving the ice behind. Alternatively, the mixture can be shaken to combine. When stirred, bourbon sour is usually served over ice. If honey is used instead of sugar, honey syrup is normally added to taste after mixing the juice and alcohol.
The final element of a bourbon sour is the side dish. Garnishes are usually placed on the rim of the glass or skewered on a toothpick and placed in the liquid. The usual side dishes for this drink are lemon or orange slices or maraschino cherries. If you use other fruit juice for the acidic component of the drink, use a slice of that fruit as a side dish instead.
More unusual versions may have other side dishes. For example, a bacon bourbon sour is garnished with a slice of cooked bacon, which is placed on top of the glass. The outline is normally purely aesthetic, however, and therefore can often easily be omitted.
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