Strain the whiskey sour into a rocks glass using a hawthorne cocktail strainer and a fine mesh strainer. If you don’t have a strainer, any kitchen sieve will work just as well.

There’s 178 recipes there, “a starter kit,” he says, “all stuff I had served a hundred times,” and all repeatedly and reliably delicious. 1.5 oz. Irish whiskey 0.75 oz. lemon juice 0.5 oz.