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Whiskey Daisy No.2

Classic/vintage

3.8 11 ratings

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Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
1/2 oz Honey and water syrup
2/3 oz Lemon juice
1 oz Soda water

How to make

Serve in a goblet glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a GOBLET GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon and orange zest twists.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.
  3. 5 TOP with a splash of soda.

Garnish

  1. 6 EXPRESS orange and lemon zests over cocktail and then use both to garnish.

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15.4% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 189 calories

History

Light, fresh, and fruity. Suitable for a summer afternoon.

Recipe adapted from Harry Johnson's 1888 Harry Johnson's New & Improved Bartender's Manual which also has an illustration of this cocktail (Plate No. 10) served in a stemmed wine glass filled with crushed ice. WHISKEY DAISY. (Use a large bar glass.) ½ table-spoonful of sugar; 2 or 3 dashes of Lemon juice; 1 dash of Lime juice; 1 squirt of Syphon Selters, dissolve with the lemon and lime juice; ¾ of the glass filled with fine shaved ice; 1 wine glass of good Whiskey; Fill the glass with shaved ice· ½ pony glass Chartreuse (yellow); stir up well with a spoon, then take a fancy glass have it dressed with fruit and strain the mixture into it, and serve. This drink is very palatable and will taste good to most anybody.

Created by Harry Johnson