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Bourbon is too strong? Here's a trick

Bartender Melissa Inzaris from Good Dog bar (224 S. 15th St.) wanted to enjoy a bourbon drink. But it was too strong.

Bourbon is too strong? Here's a trick

POSTED: Monday, February 25, 2013, 8:42 PM

Jessica Lopez, Philly.com

Bartender Melissa Inzaris from Good Dog Bar (224 S. 15th St.) wanted to enjoy a bourbon drink.

“I really tried to drink bourbon but it was too strong,” she said.

Her solution? Add a bit of amaretto.

GOOD DOG LITTLE ITALY

What you’ll need:

Bourbon

Amaretto

Angostura Bitters

Maraschino cherry

1) Add 1.5 ounces of bourbon.

2) Add 1/4 oz. of amaretto.

3) Add a dash of bitters.

4) Stir in a shaker or tall glass.

5) Pour over ice.

6) Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Photos: Hillary Petrozziello / Staff Photographer

Comments (10)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:08 PM, 02/25/2013

"'I really tried to drink bourbon but it was too strong,' she said.
Her solution? Add a bit of amaretto."
...and angostura bitters
...and a maraschino cherry

But now it's not bourbon any longer, is it? That doesn't sound like much of a solution to me.

Just grow up and out of the frozen-melon-diaquiri-and-little-umbrella phase.

— Tatt2

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 7:36 AM, 02/26/2013

next time try grenadine & ginger ale w/ your maraschino cherry.

— ekw555

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:05 AM, 02/26/2013

"I wanted to drink bourbon because it's cool and all the hipsters at my bar (pretend to) like it. But it just tastes so icky."
I hope you're not eating good bourbon in this concoction; maybe you should stick to cosmos and appletinis.

— charles_j

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:07 AM, 02/26/2013

Wasting good bourbon...not 'eating'. Stupid sausage fingers.

— charles_j

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:11 AM, 02/26/2013

Lolololol at everyone above who hasn't actually been to Good Dog.

— Cheesesteak

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:29 AM, 02/26/2013

Melissa...I may have taught you some Micro, but I guess I should stop in to teach you a bit about whiskey, too! ;) -JTL

— Jaytee1

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:07 AM, 02/26/2013

I would only do that with Banker's Club bourbon. Anything else and you should be fired from the bar.

That used to be a good bar when Frank Clement's ran it. Now, it's seems like it's a mess.

— Wilhelm Von Humboldt