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Monte Stambecco is an Italian Alpine distillery named for the Italian phrase for the ibex goat which roams the mountain terrain close by. The ibex seems on the label, the place he’s absolutely on the prowl for the one product made right here, a bittersweet amaro distilled in copper pot stills and infused with Marasca
St. George’s Bruto Americano is a kissing cousin to Campari, bracingly bitter and shiny crimson… and prepared on your subsequent Negroni. Towards Campari, the California-distilled amaro is a contact extra bitter — whereas additionally providing piney parts on the nostril. This evergreen character turns into extra distinct because the spirit opens up within the glass,
J. Rieger is predicated in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, the place it produces a wide range of spirits that features vodka, gin, and whiskey. Oddly, its best-known is that this, a coffee-infused amaro made with native espresso and a mix of botanicals, together with juniper berries, cardamom, orange peel, star anise, spearmint leaves, gentian, and vanilla
As amari-style liqueurs go, Amerisse is wholly distinctive. This bitter aperitif begins off with a base of Merlet’s creme de cassis which is mixed with bittering parts together with gentian, angelica, sagebrush, and rhubarb — plus “different berries and citruses.” The result’s Amerisse “Liqueur Amere au Cassis,” a darkish purple liqueur that may have you