Doctor Pepper

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 oz Disaronno amaretto
2 1⁄2 oz India pale ale (IPA) beer
2 1⁄2 oz Cola (e.g. Coca-Cola or Pepsi)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Collins glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
  3. POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
  4. Briefly STIR.
  5. Garnish with lime wedge.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 3/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 3/10
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Review:

Beer adds hop bitterness to help balance the amaretto and cola.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Doctor Pepper contains 183 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.7 standard drinks
  • 5.64% alc./vol. (5.64° proof)
  • 10.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
19th September 2021 at 17:37
Mimicking the Dr. Pepper flavor, of course, depends on the IPA. I started with the above specs, using local Yards IPA, but went through a few ratio tweaks before settling on: 90 ml cola, 45 ml IPA, 30 ml amaretto. But even that isn't quite dead on... What IPA brands would you all recommend?
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G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
28th December 2023 at 10:57
Ah! Yes, good suggestion, Christian. I'm well familiar with Harpoon IPA. I'm going to have to hunt that down. Used to be more available around me. Not so much in recent years. Thanks!
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Christian S.’s Avatar Christian S.
28th December 2023 at 03:03
Hope you are doing well. Give Harpoon IPA a try. Has a bit more of malty character and less hop forward.
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