Neal Bodenheimer's Whiskey Sour

Neal Bodenheimer & Cure (New Orleans)

Rocks Glass

Cubed

Ingredients

2 oz

Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage
0.75 oz

Lemon Juice
0.75 oz

Simple Syrup

1:1, sugar:water
1 small

Egg White

small egg white
1 spray

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Applied as a spray over the egg white foam
1 whole

Lemon Twist

Expressed over the glass and used as garnish
1 whole

Cherry

Brandied cherry, for garnish

Instructions

Combine the egg white and lemon juice in one side of a Boston shaker and dry shake vigorously to emulsify. Add the bourbon and simple syrup to the other tin, then combine both halves. Add 5 large ice cubes and shake exactly 20 times. Double strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Allow the foam to rise and settle, then spray Angostura bitters across the top of the foam. Express a lemon peel over the glass, then lay it on top alongside a brandied cherry as garnish.

About

A competition-worthy Whiskey Sour from New Orleans bartender Neal Bodenheimer, elevated by a distinctive spray of Angostura bitters over a silky egg white foam. The technique-forward approach — featuring a dry shake and a measured 20-shake method — helped this classic earn top honors in a blind tasting of nearly 20 contenders.

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