Liqourice Whisky Sour

Even before we visited the Stauning distillery, I made a variation of a Whisky Sour with Danish whisky and liquorice syrup. I just had to play on the connection of the Danish liquorice syrup from Bülow and the whisky.

While shopping for liquorice for my best friend, I discovered that Bülow now sells salty liquorice syrup, too. I just had to buy some. It comes in a small plastic bottle and is very concentrated and viscous. You only need to use a small amount to give drinks a powerful liquorice flavour.

Powerful stuff

In this case, I decided to try a variation of the Whisky Sour. As mentioned above, the Stauning Whisky Høst whisky was the obvious choice. However, I split the sweetener between a small amount of liquorice syrup and plain simple syrup. As you can see from the colour, that’s all that’s needed.

Obviously, you have to like liquorice to enjoy this cocktail. Despite the small amount of syrup, its flavour dominates. The usual flavour profile of a Whisky Sour only comes through with the second sip. However, I did enjoy the drink very much. The syrup also adds a salty quality, which I really enjoyed.