LEMON JUICE FOR WHISKEY SOUR RECIPES

Steps:

• In a cocktail shaker with ice, add the egg white and shake briefly to aerate the whites. Then add the whiskey, lemon juice and Simple Syrup with ice and shake well. Strain into 4 rocks glasses over 1 large ice cube in each glass, garnish with a cherry and serve immediately.
• Combine the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Keep covered in the refrigerator up to 1 month. 

Steps:

• For the sugar syrup, put the caster sugar in a small non-stick saucepan over a medium heat and pour in the water. Stir and bring to the boil. CAUTION: boiling sugar is extremely hot. Handle very carefully. Use a deep pan to avoid bubbling over.
• Once the sugar has dissolved and the liquid is clear, take the pan off the heat and leave to cool.
• Pour 15ml/1 tablespoon of the cooled sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker with the bourbon, lemon juice, egg white and bitters. First, ‘dry shake’ the mixture (without any ice) vigorously for 8-10 seconds. Then fill the cocktail shaker with ice and shake again for the same amount of time. This will give the drink a lovely smooth texture.
• Strain the whiskey sour into a rocks glass using a hawthorne cocktail strainer and a fine mesh strainer. If you don’t have a strainer, any kitchen sieve will work just as well.