August 12th-Amaretto Sour

I won’t lie to you and say this is the original Amaretto Sour. I did do Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s version of this classic cocktail which includes bourbon and demerara syrup. I’m not going to qualify why I did this outside of the fact that I just think the original recipe is a problematic one. This is the same way I think of the sidecar. The Morgenthaler recipe is still relatively similar to the original, but as I said it adds a few new ingredients.

A couple quick notews on the ingredients for this cocktail. Starting with the Amaretto, do not use Disaronno. It is artificial as hell so I tell everyone looking for a bottle of amaretto go with Lazaroni. Freom what I could find it is cheaper and the superior product. Second use a higher proof bourbon. This will proof up the drink , but it will also provide more flavour. Finally I used a rich demerara syrup. It adds weight to the drink that you just don’t get with the 1:1 counterpart.

Full judging here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MnkdAc8BpNp3vWvYVFljgKss9WRQTjDWb4_BGFUut8/edit?tab=t.0