Press: 2024

The 6 Best Amaretto Cocktails to Try Right Now

December 17, 2024

1. Amaretto Sour The original 1970s Amaretto Sour recipe, introduced as part of a Disaronno marketing campaign, was a simple mix of two parts amaretto to one part lemon juice. In 2012, veteran bartender and cocktail book author Jeffrey Morgenthaler, known for updating maligned drinks of the ’70s and ’80s, published this improved-upon variation on his blog. | Read More

In Search of the Ultimate Amaretto Sour

December 13, 2024

by Chloe Frechette in Punch Magazine

The Amaretto Sour is a straightforward cocktail. At least, it was a straightforward cocktail. As its name suggests, the drink follows a typical sour template with a base of amaretto, an almond liqueur. But ever since Jeffrey Morgenthaler kicked up the recipe with a splash of cask-strength bourbon in 2010, taking the drink from club classic to serious cocktail, | Read More

2024’s Drink of Summer Is the 4-Ingredient Lone Ranger Cocktail

May 10, 2024

by Karla Walsh in Better Homes and Gardens

“The Lone Ranger was invented by a bartender in Portland, Oregon, Jeff Morgenthaler. If I remember correctly, he made it as a riff on a French 75, replacing the gin with tequila and Champagne with sparkling rosé,” clarifies Darrick Bourgeois, lead bartender at Pelato and Luogo in Nashville, Tennessee. The name gives a nod to the Lone Ranger, a fictionalized | Read More

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