# Port Light

Bourbon becomes unmistakably tropical when sharp lemon meets passion fruit and pomegranate over crushed ice in Sandro Conti's direct Midwestern tiki sour.

Strength: 18% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Bourbon](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/bourbon.md) — Use a full-flavoured bourbon.
- 30 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 15 ml [Passion-fruit syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/passion-fruit-syrup.md)
- 7.5 ml [Grenadine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/grenadine.md) — Use a restrained syrup made with real pomegranate.

## Glassware

Footed pilsner glass

## Garnish

- Mint sprig — Clap the mint gently before placing it at the rim.

## Method

1. Flash-blend all ingredients with 120 ml crushed ice for no more than five seconds.
2. Open-pour into a chilled footed pilsner glass and add crushed ice to fill.

## Related drinks

- [Whiskey Sour](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/whiskey-sour.md): Bourbon, lemon, and sugar with optional egg white for a soft, foamy texture.
- [Gold Rush](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gold-rush.md): A bourbon sour sweetened with rich honey syrup instead of sugar.
- [Halekulani](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/halekulani.md): High-proof bourbon carries three fresh juices, restrained grenadine, and bitters in a poised Waikiki hotel drink that feels sharper than its tropical ingredients suggest.
- [Brown Derby](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brown-derby.md): Grapefruit's fragrant bitterness and honey's rounded sweetness pull in opposite directions around bourbon, producing a leaner sour than the three ingredients imply.
- [Iron Ranger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/iron-ranger.md): Erick Castro's bourbon-led tropical drink, bringing pineapple and lemon into focus with falernum, sugar, spice, and serious whiskey weight.
- [Ward Eight](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ward-eight.md): Rye, lemon, orange, and real pomegranate grenadine make Boston's celebrated whiskey sour branch drier and more complex than its rosy colour suggests.
- [Saturn](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/saturn.md): A rare gin-led tiki classic, vivid with passion fruit and lemon and rounded by small measures of falernum and almond-rich orgeat.
- [Whiskey Smash](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/whiskey-smash.md): Muddled lemon flesh and peel make this bourbon-and-mint cooler more pulpy and aromatic than either a Whiskey Sour or a Mint Julep.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/port-light
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/port-light-fef252b7.webp
- Recipe source: https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/port-light