Amaretto Sour

It is nice to be back home. Yesterday, Teresa had lunch with a friend in Virginia so Piper, Elli, and I went to a California Tortilla around the corner. Then we came back and celebrated the end of the heatwave with a walk around the neighborhood.

I made an Amaretto Sour. There are a million ways to make sours. People use all sorts of ratios of spirit to sour to sweet. Of course, it really how strong the spirit is, how sour the sour ingredient is, and how sweet the sweet ingredient is. With something like an amaretto sour, because amaretto is a spirit but also sweet, it makes sense to back off  the simple syrup and increase the bourbon. Sometimes people also include bitters or egg whites. This version is simple but tasty.

Amaretto Sour

• 1 ounce amaretto
• 1 ounce bourbon
• 3/4 ounce lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup