Bacon-Washed Bourbon Sour
Applewood-smoked bacon fat washed through bourbon, shaken into a sour with maple and lemon — the breakfast cocktail done right. A craft-bar staple since 2020.
Served in a Coupe glass · Garnish: Bitters dots on foam, candied bacon · Difficulty: hard
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bacon Fat-Washed Bourbon
- 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 0.75 oz Maple Syrup
- 1 piece Egg White
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Instructions
- To fat-wash: render applewood-smoked bacon fat, combine hot fat with bourbon, freeze overnight, skim and fine-strain.
- Dry shake all ingredients without ice for 15 seconds.
- Add ice and shake hard for 15 more seconds.
- Double strain into a coupe.
- Dash bitters on foam and garnish with a candied bacon crumble.