I'm Alan Katz for howdini comm and today I'm going to teach you how to make a very simple whiskey sour now the sour is a classic category of cocktails that involves the inclusion of some kind of sour juice namely lemon or lime and something sweet like simple syrup which is equal parts of sugar and water simply shaken in a vessel until the sugar has completely dissolved if you keep this closed and airtight in a refrigerator it will last at least a month now to make this cocktail I'm going to combine in my mixing glass about two ounces of bourbon and to that I'm going to add one ounce of fresh lime juice and to that I'm going to add one ounce of fresh lemon juice I'm going to add depending on the size of the lemon either about 1/2 or 3/4 of one fresh lemon now the final ingredient is that simple syrup again just sugar and water and about half an ounce just so that there is an ideal balance between sweet and sour so in the other part of our tin we've added ice just to chill down this the cocktail shaker we'll shake these two ingredients well together and once they're well chilled we're going to simply strain them over ice into an old-fashioned glass that's been garnished with one simple wheel of orange now this is wonderfully refreshing and depending on your favorite spirit you can try a whiskey sour of course but a rum sour or a tequila sour and essentially use the same combinations I'm Alan Katz for howdini calm you