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Another icon. The whiskey sour shakes up lemon and gum syrup with your favorite whiskey.
2 oz whiskey
½ oz Classic Gum Syrup
1 oz lemon juice
egg white (optional)
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker.
Add ice and shake for 10 seconds.
Strain into a chilled coupe.
The first written record of the whiskey sour is from the 1862 book The Bartender's Guide: How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas which has the original recipe as follows:
Fill the glass full of shaved ice, shake up and strain into a claret glass. Ornament with berries.