Blind Lemon Jefferson

Name: Blind Lemon Jefferson
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 23 ml Honey Syrup; 2 dash Orange Bitters; 60 ml Bourbon; 23 ml Lemon Juice

A honeyed bourbon sour: bourbon, lemon juice and honey syrup, shaken and rounded off with two dashes of orange bitters. Created by Laura Cloer at The Main Street Pizza Company in 2012.

Similar names: Long Road to Jefferson

Laura Cloer created the Blind Lemon Jefferson for The Main Street Pizza Company's new bar menu in spring 2012, as part of its "Spirit of Johnson City" series. The drink pays tribute to the blues musician Blind Lemon Jefferson, who lived in Johnson City in the early 1920s.

Method

Shaken

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Sour

Sweet