Sage Ginger Whiskey Sour

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Servings: 1 drink

This is a drink brought to us by our friend, Tara Snyder, the food photographer and recipe developer behind @bearnecessities___. It combines all of the best warming flavors of the colder months: ginger, honey, sage, and whiskey. A traditional whiskey sour uses egg white but we find this is great without it, too.

Ingredients

2 oz whiskey (like WhistlePig Rye Whiskey)
4 drops Runamok Orange Maple Bitters
.5 oz fresh lemon juice
1 egg white
1 oz sage ginger simple syrup*

*Honey Simple Syrup

4 oz Runamok Beekeeper’s Cut, Florida Orange Blossom, or High Plains Clover Raw Honey
4 oz water
3 fresh sage leaves
.5 inch piece of fresh ginger, roughly chopped

Instructions

1 To make the honey simple syrup: combine syrup ingredients – honey, water, sage, ginger - in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, discard sage leaves and ginger, and set aside.
2 To make the cocktail: Combine whiskey, bitters, lemon juice, egg white, and honey simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and shake for about 30 seconds.
3 Add ice and shake again until foamy.
4 Strain the liquid into a coupe glass and garnish with fresh sage leaves.