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The Orchard Sour is a beautiful bourbon based cocktail, mixing together Fall’s greatest produce with Kentucky’s finest delights.

This whiskey sour incorporates a winter spiced Apple Simple syrup, to ensure to bring warmth and coziness during the cold months ahead!

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Bourbon, Evan Williams or Makers Mark works great, but the choice is yours
  • 3/4 oz Fresh squeezed lemon juice, strained without seeds or pulp
  • 3/4 oz Spiced Apple syrup
  • 3 dashes of Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged bitters

For the bitters, I used Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged bitters, as I think it reminds me of christmas! But feel free to substitute and experiment, Angostura for one will work equally as well!


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Method:

  1. In a mixing glass, add the ingredients and add ice. If you happen to have large ice cubes, use one if not the smaller, regular ice will suffice.
  2. To shake or stir?!? To be honest, it is entirely up to you. For this particular cocktail, I like to stir it for some time ensuring to chill it thorough, without dilluting and drowning the whiskey. However, if I was making this one for my wife or her friends, I shake it hard and strong, as they like it a little “weaker”. However, it still contains the same amount of alcohol, so I still reap the benefits later!
  3. Strain into a whiskey tumbler over ice, or savor it straight up.
  4. Garnish it with an apple slice

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