Name: Western Sour
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 20 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Falernum liqueur; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Western Sour
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Photographed in a Classico Margot 25cl Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
²⁄₃ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry sail.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Your choice of falernum makes or breaks this rye whiskey-laced citrusy cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created circa 1960 at Steve Crane's Kon-Tiki chain of restaurants.

Nutrition:

One serving of Western Sour contains 178 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.26% alc./vol. (19.26° proof)
19.7 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Frederic D.

27th January 2023 at 00:28

Subbed allspice dram for the falernum, as that was the closest I had. Pretty good, but very much in the category of "this would likely be better with rum".

John Hinojos

5th September 2022 at 00:06

Very refreshing. The edge of the over-proof rye is tempered by the other ingredients. Sour, but in a pleasant way. Perfect on a warm afternoon.

Walter Brookbank

8th July 2022 at 18:31

Made this with Old Overholt and John Taylors Velvet Falernum, Made it with lime like it called for but it was so good I want to try it with lemon next time. Very nice indeed!

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