New York Sour
The New York Sour is an IBA New Era Drink: 5 ingredients, shaken and served in a rocks glass. That makes 162 ml in the glass: a middling measure.
MethodShaken
GlassRocks glass
In the glass162 ml
Strength17.9%
Ingredients
- 60 mlrye whiskey
- 22.5 mlsimple syrup
- 30 mlfresh lemon juice
- 0.4 mlegg white
- 15 mlred wine
Method
- Pour all ingredients into the shaker. Shake vigorously with ice.
- Strain into a chilled rocks glass filled with ice. Float the wine on top.
Garnish: Garnish with lemon or orange zest with cherry.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It sits between bitter and sweet: 0.8 out of 10 of bitterness, 113th of 186 for sweetness.
- round → sour
- Citrus shows, but this is no sour: 51st of 186, and it comes from fresh lemon juice.
- light → strong
- 17.9% after dilution: the middle band, 62nd of 186.
Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on whisky.
Five that come close
- South SideBuilt on gin and with gin in place of rye whiskey.
- Bee’s KneesBuilt on gin and with gin in place of rye whiskey.
- CosmopolitanBuilt on vodka and with citron vodka in place of rye whiskey.
- Hemingway SpecialMore bitter and built on rum.
- Corpse Reviver #2Built on gin and with gin in place of rye whiskey.
Every drink near the New York Sour on the map
Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026