Recipe

• 3 parts rye whiskey

• 1 part lemon juice

• 1 part sugar syrup

Shake with ice, and pour into an old-fashioned glass filled with fresh ice.  Add a thin slice of lemon and a cherry.

As usual, this is a huge improvement on my first attempt.  What's the difference?  I halved the amount of lemon juice (hitting the 3:1:1 ratio I've had success with recently) and used rye whiskey instead of bourbon (smoother and less sickly).  The result is surprisingly light and drinkable, but with that 60% whiskey still displaying the rich character you don't get with lighter spirits.