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Amaretto Stone Sour Drink recipe

Highball glass

Complete drink recipe for amaretto almond liqueur šŸ¾ based cocktail šŸ¹ is mixed with 2 extra ingredients šŸ¾: Sweet and Sour mix, Orange juice in Highball glass


Amaretto Stone Sour Ingredients

Amaretto Stone Sour Equipment

  • shaker - allows you quickly mix and chill ingredients
  • juicer, squeezer manual or automatic - if you mind using fresh juice

Amaretto Stone Sour Recipe

  1. consider making fresh Orange juice you can press fruit yourself (be careful - fresh juice stays good only 12 hours)
  2. fill a shaker half full with ice cubes to chill all the ingredients properly
  3. shake till perfectly chilled
  4. serve in Highball glass full with ice

Recommend: serve in Highball glass

The highball (or hi-ball) and collins glasses have a lot in common. They can both be used for tall beverages and hold the same amount of liquid, which can range from 8 to 16 ounces.

A close cousin to the Amaretto Sour and not too far off from a Harvey Wallbanger, this simple cocktail combines the almond-flavored Italian liqueur for which itā€™s named with a host of citrus flavors. Itā€™s the addition of orange juice that separates it from the most basic rendition of the Amaretto Sour.Ā 

Popular, because

The drink rose to peak popularity in the 1970s alongside its better-known relative, although a predecessor, a gin-basedĀ Stone Sour, appeared in Tom Bullockā€™s ā€œThe Ideal Bartender,ā€ published in 1917.Ā 

History

The first mention of a ā€œstone sourā€ in literature is in a cocktail book from 1917 calledĀ The Ideal BartenderĀ by Tom Bullock. It was theĀ first cocktail book ever published by an African American! The stone sour in that book had lemon juice, orange juice, rock candy syrup, and gin (hereā€™s the original recipe).

Itā€™s possible that bartenders of the 1970ā€™s dusted off Bullockā€™s recipe to make it into the amaretto stone sour. Change gin to amaretto, and poof! Itā€™s a new drink.

Ocassion

The amaretto stone sour is a sweet tart and light, perfect for sipping! Itā€™s great for serving as a:


Brunch drink
Lazy afternoon drink
Boating drink
Lake house drink
Patio drink
Retro 70ā€™s party drink



Cheers ! Enjoy your drink !

If you are going to order Amaretto Stone Sour in a bar, donā€™t forget to mention all the ingredients to the bartender. Amaretto Stone Sour can be served with different ingredients in different places.