CNY Bartender: Q MEX's Herencia Amaretto Sour

Thirsty over the holiday? Grab a cocktail shaker and get to mixing with CNY Bartender, featuring a new drink each day from a Beijing-based mixologist.

I don’t know about you, but long holidays are always a bit stressful for me. And this year, with the lack of travel options, I find myself racking my brain for things to do to keep myself entertained and occupied at home.

Q MEX is my go-to place Tex-Mex comfort food and heavy handed pours of cocktails. So if I can’t make it to a sunny beach somewhere this CNY holiday, I’m gonna put on my favorite jams and bring the beach vibes to me.

A classic Amaretto Sour has just four ingredients and is a classic at almost every bar. Those ingredients are whiskey, Amaretto liqueur, a simple syrup, and fresh lemon juice. That’s it. But the Q MEX version adds an extra kick of tequila that gets you from point A to point F(loor) that much faster.

Herencia Amaretto Sour

Ingredients

3-4 Dashes aromatic bitters
30ml Herencia Reposado Tequila
30ml Amaretto
15ml Lemon Juice
15ml Lime Juice
5ml Agave Syrup
1 Egg
1 Rosemary Sprig

Method

1. Pour your tequila, amaretto, fresh juices, and agave syrup into a cocktail shaker.

2. Add a few dashes of bitters, then crack the egg and add only the egg white.

3. Cap cocktail shaker and shake first without ice.

4. After shaking a few times, open and add some ice. Shake until your cocktail shaker is ice cold.

5. Get your martini glass and slowly pour the cocktail out while straining the ice.

6. Add rosemary sprig.

Find it

QMex Bar & Grill

Sanlitun
Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu
工体北路4号院
Tel: 6585 3828

Central Park
Bldg E, World City
中骏世界城E座
Tel: 6500 8220

Solana
6 Chaoyang Gongyuan Lu
朝阳公园路6号蓝色港湾国际商区

QMex Taqueria
106, Jinshang Shouceng, 20 Xinyuanli Xili
新源里西20号楼金尚首层106单元
Tel: 8435 3601

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Images: Q MEX