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Pumpkin Whiskey Sour
A bourbon sour sweetened with pumpkin spice syrup and finished with lemon.
Base spirit
Bourbon
Style
Sour
Glassware
Coupe
Technique
Shake
The Pumpkin Whiskey Sour applies the classic sour template — whiskey, lemon, sweetener — with pumpkin spice syrup in place of plain simple. Lemon keeps the drink bright so the spice does not read as pie. Shaken and served up or on a rock, it is one of the cleaner ways to put pumpkin in a whiskey glass.
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Did you know?
“Sours absorb seasonal sweeteners cleanly: pumpkin spice syrup behaves like orgeat or maple — a flavored sugar that still needs citrus.”
Source:Sour-template seasonal variation practice
Bartender's Note
Fresh lemon is required. An optional egg white makes a denser foam but is not needed for the flavor. Taste the syrup first — some commercial bottles are much sweeter than 1:1 simple.
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How to make the Pumpkin Whiskey Sour
- 1Shake bourbon, lemon, and pumpkin spice syrup hard with ice
- 2 into a chilled coupe
- 3Dust lightly with nutmeg
