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Gold Rush

Honey replaces the syrup in a Whiskey Sour for a rounder, more aromatic drink.

Classic collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Bourbon
    60 ml / 2.03 US fl oz
  • Lemon Juice
    22.5 ml / 0.76 US fl oz
  • Honey Syrup

    The original uses rich honey syrup made with honey and warm water at 3:1

    22.5 ml / 0.76 US fl oz

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

To garnishLemon wedge

Make it

  1. Pour bourbon, lemon juice and honey syrup into a shaker.
  2. Fill with ice and shake hard for about 12 seconds.
  3. Place a large ice cube in an old-fashioned glass and strain in the drink.

Behind the drink

Born around 2000 at Milk & Honey in New York, when the owner's childhood friend T.J. Siegal asked for a bourbon sour made with newly prepared honey syrup. The Penicillin later grew out of this drink.