The Jerry Thomas Project is the re-creation of all of Jerry Thomas’ cocktails from Jerry Thomas’ Bar-Tenders Guide: Receipts for Mixing in their purest form. Jerry Thomas is considered America’s father of mixology publishing the first cocktail book in 1862.
I want to apologize for making the Brandy Fix, the Gin Fix, and the Santa Cruz Fix and not adding the Whiskey Fix to that post. I didn’t even glance at the next page of Jerry Thomas’ book – whoops. Anyhow – the Whiskey Fix.
The Whiskey Fix
1 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 ounce simple syrup (or 2 teaspoons of sugar)
2 ounces of bourbon or whiskey
Shake vigorously and strain. Thomas recommends serving it with an orange and a pineapple.
I would consider this the most delicious of the fixes and it is almost the same as one of my favorite Thomas’ drinks – the Whiskey Daisy. Except he is using sugar instead of orgeat syrup.
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