Regardless of your experience or pre-conceived notions about the sweet, sticky liqueur that is amaretto, Anthony Scalabrino aims to change your mind. Scalabrino, a Navy veteran, has parlayed his Italian grandmother’s homemade amaretto recipe into Oak City Amaretto, which is produced in Milwaukee by Central Standard using that recipe.
“I feel like it could – and is going to – have a renaissance,” he says. “Anywhere you are going to use simple syrup in a cocktail, almond extract or vanilla extract in baking, so pound cake, cheesecake, biscotti, chocolate chip cookies. Or in your Old Fashioned, your Tom Collins.
