Today’s DOTD - Drink Of The Day - is a Western Sour inspired by Doc Holliday’s birthday. John Henry “Doc” Holliday didn’t exactly lead a long life, but left behind a legacy we can drink to. While Holliday really was a doctor - technically, a Doctor of Dental Surgery - he was best known for joining up with Wyatt Earp, becoming deputized, and taking part in the Gunfight at the OK Corral.
Doc was a very unusual character in the old west. He was highly educated, fluent in Latin, played the piano very well, was a sharp dresser, & his intelligence made him a “natural” at gambling - which led him to get into plenty of trouble, all on his own, before he died at the age of 36.
It may seem odd to celebrate a legendary hard-drinking, tubercular gunslinger and gambler with a tiki drink. But the Western Sour is rye whiskey-based, just the right thing considering Doc’s penchant for Old Overholt. And the drink has real street cred, coming from the mid-20th century tiki craze.
Ingredients
Here’s what you’re going to need for this drink:
