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Cocktails with bourbon and lemon

3 recipes here use both. None are pourable from those two alone, but 1 is a single ingredient away.

Can make with these

Nothing, on those two alone — every recipe here is a mixed drink and needs at least one more thing. The nearest is the Whiskey Sour, which needs only sugar syrup.

One more ingredient

Other close matches

The one thing to add

Sugar syrup — the only thing between you and a Whiskey Sour.

Do not buy this. Equal parts sugar and hot water, stirred until clear, keeps a month in the fridge and costs pennies. More about sugar syrup.

Questions

What cocktails can you make with bourbon and lemon?
3 recipes on Drinki use both bourbon and lemon: Whiskey Sour, Paper Plane and Amaretto Sour.
Can you make anything with just bourbon and lemon and nothing else?
No — every one of these 3 recipes needs at least one more ingredient. The shortest hop is sugar syrup, which is all that stands between you and a Whiskey Sour.
What should you buy next if you have bourbon and lemon?
Sugar syrup — the only thing between you and a Whiskey Sour.

About each one

  • Bourbon 6 cocktails on Drinki · Corn sweetness up front, then vanilla, caramel and coconut from the charred new oak
  • Lemons 16 cocktails on Drinki · Sharp, clean, slightly floral acidity

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