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Riff Diaries: The Whiskey Sour

Whether served up at a cocktail joint or on the rocks at a dive, the Whiskey Sour is America's most democratic cocktail.

• story: Leslie Pariseau
• photo: Daniel Krieger

New York Sour

The Whiskey Sour's New York relative, which gets a float of red wine.

Carroll Gardens

Joaquín Simó's contribution to the NYC neighborhood drink family—an ode to the Italian-American roots of Carroll Gardens.

Boulevardier

The Negroni's moodier counterpart.

Vieux Carré

Stanley Clisby Arthur, author of Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em, attributed this drink’s original recipe to the Hotel Monteleone, located in the NOLA's Vieux Carré (French…

Filibuster

San Francisco bartender Erik Adkins uses the basic Whiskey Sour blueprint for this autumn-inspired drink.

Rye Whiskey

(n.) Rye whiskey must be made from a grain bill of at least 51-percent rye, with the rest comprised of a mix of wheat, corn and malted barley. When aged…

Mash

(n.) A mixture of grains and water heated to encourage the extraction of grains’ fermentable sugars. Cereal grains, including barley, corn, rye and wheat, contain complex carbohydrates that can be…

Old-Fashioned

Nearly stomped out of existence by its fruity mid-20th-century counterpart, the true Old-Fashioned is as traditional as they come.

American Trilogy

When Richard Boccato and Michael McIlroy worked together at Little Branch in New York City, they collaborated to create this dark riff on the Old Fashioned.