Dampfwerk Holiday Series

Featuring: Neil Mckenzie (Bartender)

We are kick-starting our holiday cocktail series with Neil’s take on an amaretto sour!

After pestering Neil about how he landed on this recipe and flavor pairing, this is what he had to say:

“I really enjoy amaretto sours, but find that they are too sweet for me. I was with my sister and had some leftover caramelized yam syrup and thought that I would play around with flavors. I decided to cut the amaretto with single malt whiskey and found that the flavor still held up to the strong almond flavor.

This is now my go-to way of making amaretto sours.”

Ingredients

• 1 oz Dampfwerk Single Malt Whiskey

• 1 oz Luxardo Amaretto

• ¾ oz lemon juice

• ½ oz clove syrup

• egg white

• garnish: grated nutmeg

Directions

As Neil calls it, he reverse mimed this cocktail. Add all ingredients together (sans egg white and nutmeg) with ice into your shaking tins. Shake until proper dilution and strain into an empty tin.

Add your egg white and dry shake (no ice). Strain into a coupe and garnish with some grated nutmeg.

Prost!

Clove Syrup

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup whole cloves

• 1 cup water

• 1 cup sugar

Directions

Add all ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce to a low simmer and let it do its thing for 10 minutes.