what you’re witnessing here is the end result of implementing what I think might be the world’s simplest whiskey sour recipe — compliments of Langston Hughes (Feb 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967). That’s right the GREAT, late LH — aka the Leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

I stumbled upon this super simple but oh so tasty ‘recipe’ after falling into a research rabbit hole…

[…Stagg made "Hard Daddy" cocktails (named after one of Langston's blues poems) of whiskey, lemon juice, maple syrup and ice.  TBC…]