Silver Lining

Name: Silver Lining
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Licor 43; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 22.5 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 110 ml Soda water

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
3/4 fl oz	Licor 43 Original liqueur
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3/4 fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
3 2/3 fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Collins 35cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of coin-sized lemon zest..

Method

DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
SHAKE again with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass. (No ice in the glass.)
TOP with soda to bring the cocktail level with the glass rim.
Leave stand for 45 seconds, then TOP with more soda to raise the foamy head above the rim.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Silver Lining contains 167 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
9.74% alc./vol. (19.48° proof)
23.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Adapted from a recipe created circa 2001 by Joseph Schwartz at New York's Milk & Honey after the owner, the late Sasha Petraske brought a bottle of Licor 43 into the bar and challenged Joseph to come up with a new cocktail. This cocktail features in Sasha's 2016 book Regarding Cocktails.

More cocktails by Joseph Schwartz