Bacon Whiskey Sour

Name: Bacon Whiskey Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 6 dash Cocktail foamer; 5 dash Bacon fat wash; 4 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
³⁄₄ fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
6 dash	3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
5 dash	Fee Brothers Bacon Fat Wash
4 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or pinch of salt (optional)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB 1910 Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

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 Bacon Whiskey Sour contains 226 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
21.85% alc./vol. (43.71° proof)
26.6 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bacon fat wash — Meat

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2026 by Brandon Pinkins, owner of The Cocktail Lab in Rochester, New York.

More cocktails by Brandon Pinkins

Review

One of those few cocktails where its name perfectly sums up its taste.

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