Camp Whiskey Fizz
Whiskey, lime crystals, and sugar, shaken cold in a bottle. No ice, no bar, no glassware.
- calories
- 215
- weight
- 2.6 oz
- cal / oz
- 83
- protein
- 0 g
- serves
- 1, scales
- prep
- 3 min
- cook
- 0 min
- total time
- 3 min
- water
- 150 ml cold
- cost
- $$
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Drink
- No cook
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Canoe / raft
- Bikepacking
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Dairy free
- Nut free
- Eat in the bag
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Dump and stir
Ingredients
| American blended whiskey | 1 1/2 oz | decanted into a small plastic flask |
|---|---|---|
| Powdered lime juice or True Lime crystals | 1 packet | stands in for 3/4 oz fresh lime |
| White sugar | 1 tbsp | replaces 1 oz simple syrup |
| Lemon-lime drink powder | 1 packet | or carry a small can of soda if weight is not an issue |
| Cold water | 150 ml | |
| Salt | a pinch |
Method
- Put the sugar, lime crystals, lemon-lime powder, and salt in a bottle or wide-mouth jar.
- Add about 50 ml of cold water and shake until the sugar is gone. Grit at the bottom means keep shaking.
- Pour in the whiskey and top with the remaining 100 ml of cold water.
- Cap and shake ten seconds. Drink it cold. If you have creek water sitting in the shade, use that.
The original is a shaken bar drink: fresh lime, simple syrup, ice, soda. None of that travels. Lime crystals carry the acid at almost no weight, plain sugar dissolved in a little water does the job of syrup, and lemon-lime powder replaces the soda without a can. What you lose is carbonation. What you keep is the sour-sweet-strong balance, which is the part that matters.
Dissolve the sugar first, in a small amount of water, before anything else goes in. Cold water and a full bottle will not carry sugar into solution and you will end up with a sweet slug at the bottom and a sharp drink on top. The pinch of salt is not for flavor alone; it rounds the acid so the lime crystals read less like a supplement.
Packing
Sugar, lime crystals, soda powder, and salt go in one small bag per drink. Whiskey lives in a labeled flask, never a fuel bottle.
Variations
- Swap the whiskey for gin and skip the lemon-lime powder for something closer to a gimlet.
- A dash of hot sauce and extra salt turns it into a rough camp michelada base if you are carrying beer.
- Leave the whiskey out and it is a workable electrolyte drink.
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