I’m not gonna lie, when I look up a recipe and there’s a long blog post at the beginning…I just skip it. So we’re going to get straight to it and serve up this most wonderful spiced whiskey sour recipe! It’s delicious and airy but also complex and warm. Kinda of like us! It’s basically the cocktail you would get if an Old Fashioned and a Whiskey Sour had a baby––so if those things are your things then this is now your new thing.

This recipe uses egg white but if you’re vegan or just don’t like eggs you could substitute aquafaba (chickpea juice) pretty easily!

Spiced Whiskey Sour Recipe

Serves 2 Perfect Cocktails

3 oz bourbon

1 oz + lemon juice, freshly squeezed (or whatever you have, more to taste, I usually just squeeze a whole a** lemon in there)
1 oz Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned Cocktail Syrup (you can really use any kind of simple syrup here, I like this one because it has the traditional spices of an old fashioned: sugar, cherry, orange, and bitters but you could also make your own spiced syrup out of basically anything just boiled in simple syrup…maybe a blog for a future time.)
2 egg whites
Garnish: fresh mint leaves or some fancy sprinkles

Put all of these things in a shaker with ice (I forgot the ice which is why you see ice cubes in my cocktail glass pictured, whatever it was still perfect), shake it a bunch, and pour it in a beautiful coup (hopefully gifted to you from Apple & Oak here in Nashville). Garnish with fresh mint or even a cinnamon stick or rim it with some fancy sugar crystals. The perfect holiday cocktail. Enjoy!