Amaretto Sour Cocktail Recipe

Popularized in the 1970s, this sweet-sour cocktail uses amaretto, lemon juice, and simple syrup, with a cherry garnish.

Ingredients

Method for creating a Amaretto Sour cocktail

Dry shake first, then shake with big ice, strain into glass with one ice. Can also be served straight up in a coupe with no ice. Some recipies split the amaretto with bourbon or rye whiskey to reduce sweetness

Garnish

Lemon peel + Angostura drops

Glassware

Coupe

Ice

Regular Ice,Large Ice,No Ice

Nutrition Information for Amaretto Sour

  • Calories: There are 223 kcal in Amaretto Sour
  • ABV: Amaretto Sour has an ABV of 18%

Calorie Breakdown for Amaretto Sour

IngredientDoseCal/ozCalories
Amaretto2 oz90 cal/oz180 kcal
Angostura Bitters2 dashes120 cal/oz5 kcal
Lemon Juice0.75 oz6 cal/oz5 kcal
Egg White0.5 count15 cal/oz8 kcal
Simple Syrup0.5 oz60 cal/oz30 kcal
Total223 kcal

ABV Breakdown for Amaretto Sour

Cocktail booziness measures the amount of alcohol in a drink, expressed both as total alcohol volume (ml) and as a percentage of Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of the overall drink size.

IngredientDoseABV%Alcohol (ml)
Amaretto2 oz28%16.8 ml
Angostura Bitters2 dashes44.7%0.5 ml
Total alcohol17.0 ml
Cocktail size98 ml
ABV = 17 / 98 × 10018%

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