Name: Thyme Will Tell Sour
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 fresh Fresh thyme; 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Maple syrup; 15 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

1 fresh

Fresh thyme

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

1/2 fl oz

Maple syrup

1/2 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and thyme sprig.

Method

MUDDLE thyme (strip leaves from stem) in base of shaker.

Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Garnish with a thyme sprig.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Carolyn Rush 8 months ago

I followed the advice of the previous comments and increased the thyme 5X, and let it steep in the bourbon overnight.
Great flavor! The thyme was a definite presence, but not overwhelming.

Michael Cronin 1 year ago

This was tasty. I used a local bourbon finished in maple syrup casks along with homemade maple syrup, thyme and eggs white from the backyard flock. Let the thyme steep in the bourbon for about 20 minutes. I will use more for the muddle next time.

Michael Z 2 years ago

Agree with both the statements below. Add and muddle more thyme.
After muddling, I soaked the ingredients for some time before shaking.

G. M. Genovese 3 years ago

The thyme is all on the nose (sprig). What's stopping y'all from muddling more?... Getting rid of the last of my bonded rye, I used half rye, half bourbon; still good. Since this was tasty, I'll make it again, but start playing with it by using 5x the muddled thyme... (16 May 2023, 11:46a)

Sébastien Lo 5 years ago

Tasty but i didn't feel the thyme in the drink. Maybe instead of just muddling the thyme in the shaker, let infuse the thyme in a bottle of bourbon a few days or week before ;)

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Thyme Will Tell Sour