Cocktail Lab
Amaro & Bitter Aperitivo Cocktail Recipes
94 drinks built on Italy's bitter liqueurs — modern classics, forgotten pre-Prohibition sours, and the two-ingredient pours Italians actually make at home. Each recipe includes exact measures, method, and the story behind the glass.
Not sure which bottle a recipe wants? Read our guide to the 23 types of Italian amaro to see how each style behaves in a cocktail, or browse the amaro ingredient glossary for the botanicals behind them.
Modern Classics
The 21st-century drinks that put amaro on every backbar in America.
Modern Classic
4 min
Amaro Bramble
Dick Bradsell's Bramble with amaro standing in for half the gin — darker, drier, and better.
1 oz Gin · 1 oz Amaro Montenegro · ¾ oz Lemon · ½ oz Crème de Mûre
Modern Classic
5 min
Amaro Penicillin
Blended Scotch, honey-ginger syrup and lemon, finished with a float of Braulio instead of the usual peated whisky.
2 oz Blended Scotch · ¾ oz Lemon · ¾ oz Honey-Ginger Syrup · ¼ oz Braulio
Modern Classic
4 min
Bensonhurst
Rye, dry vermouth, Cynar, and maraschino — a drier, more savory cousin of the Brooklyn with artichoke amaro standing in for Amer Picon.
2 oz Rye Whiskey · 1 oz Dry Vermouth · ¼ oz Cynar · ¼ oz Maraschino
Modern Classic
4 min
Bitter Margarita
Swap the orange liqueur for amaro and the margarita stops being sweet and starts being interesting.
1½ oz Tequila · ¾ oz Amaro Montenegro · ¾ oz Lime · ¼ oz Agave
Modern Classic
4 min
Chef's Kiss
Herbaceous, tart, and startlingly balanced — Fernet-Branca standing in for the gin in a Last Word riff, with Yellow Chartreuse rounding out the mint.
¾ oz Fernet-Branca · ¾ oz Yellow Chartreuse · ¾ oz Lime Juice · ¾ oz Demerara Syrup
Modern Classic
4 min
Division Bell
A smoky sour built on Aperol and maraschino, tart and gently bitter with a long mezcal finish.
1 oz Mezcal · ¾ oz Aperol · ½ oz Maraschino · ¾ oz Lime Juice
Modern Riff
5 min
Frozen Negroni
The same gin, Campari and vermouth, run through a blender with ice and a squeeze of orange so the cold doesn't mute the bitterness.
1 oz Gin · 1 oz Campari · 1 oz Sweet vermouth · Blended
Modern Classic
4 min
Hunting Vest
Artichoke bitterness, agave smoke, honey and lime — the drink that converts mezcal skeptics and Cynar skeptics in a single sip.
1½ oz Cynar · ¾ oz Mezcal · ¾ oz Lime · ½ oz Honey Syrup
Modern Riff
3 min
Mezcal Negroni
Swap gin for mezcal and the classic Negroni transforms — smoky, savory, and deeply aromatic, with the same bitter backbone.
1 oz Mezcal · 1 oz Campari · 1 oz Sweet Vermouth · Orange Peel
Modern Classic
4 min
Naked & Famous
Equal parts mezcal, Yellow Chartreuse, Aperol, and lime. Smoky, herbal, bitter, and bright all at once.
¾ oz Mezcal · ¾ oz Yellow Chartreuse · ¾ oz Aperol · ¾ oz Lime Juice
Modern Classic
4 min
Paper Plane
Equal parts bourbon, Amaro Nonino, Aperol, and lemon. Balanced, bittersweet, and disarmingly drinkable.
¾ oz Bourbon · ¾ oz Amaro Nonino · ¾ oz Aperol · ¾ oz Fresh Lemon Juice
Modern Classic
4 min
Siesta
Katie Stipe's 2006 riff on the Hemingway Daiquiri swaps rum for blanco tequila and maraschino for Campari.
1¾ oz Blanco Tequila · ½ oz Campari · ½ oz Lime · ½ oz Grapefruit · ½ oz Simple Syrup
Negroni Riffs
Equal parts, endlessly rearranged — every swap tells a different story.
Negroni Riff
3 min
Agavoni
Blanco tequila stands in for gin, and the Negroni turns brighter, greener and just a little dusty.
1 oz Blanco Tequila · 1 oz Campari · 1 oz Sweet Vermouth
Negroni Riff
3 min
Cardinale
Gin, Campari and dry vermouth stirred cold and served up — bone-dry, bracing and built for the first drink of the evening.
1½ oz Gin · ¾ oz Campari · ¾ oz Dry Vermouth
Negroni Riff
3 min
Cin Cyn
Split the bitter component between Campari and artichoke amaro and the Negroni loses some sharpness and picks up something savory and vegetal underneath.
1 oz Gin · ½ oz Campari · ½ oz Cynar · 1 oz Sweet vermouth
Negroni Variation
3 min
Cynar Negroni
The Negroni you order with dinner instead of before it. Artichoke replaces grapefruit-like bitterness with something deeper and savory.
1 oz Gin · 1 oz Cynar · 1 oz Sweet Vermouth · orange wheel
Negroni Riff
3 min
Kingston Negroni
Overproof Jamaican rum, Campari and sweet vermouth — banana, tar and bitter orange over one big cube.
1½ oz Jamaican Rum · 1 oz Campari · 1 oz Sweet Vermouth
Negroni Variation
3 min
MonteNegroni
Gin and Campari hold the bitter frame while Amaro Montenegro brings orange peel, rose and vanilla in place of vermouth.
1 oz Gin · 1 oz Campari · 1 oz Amaro Montenegro
Negroni Riff
3 min
Negroni Lucano
The house Negroni from Lucano 1894: amaro leads, vermouth follows, and gin and bitter play supporting roles rather than splitting the drink three ways.
1 oz Amaro Lucano · 1 oz Vermouth · ⅓ oz Gin · ⅔ oz Bitter
Negroni Riff
3 min
Sicilian Negroni
Gin, sweet vermouth and Averna over one big cube: the Negroni's structure with a Sicilian accent of caramel, citrus peel and licorice.
1 oz Gin · 1 oz Sweet Vermouth · 1 oz Amaro Averna
Negroni Riff
4 min
Unusual Negroni
Gin, Aperol and Lillet Blanc shaken with lemon: bright, low-bitterness, dangerously easy.
1 oz Gin · 1 oz Aperol · 1 oz Lillet Blanc · ½ oz Lemon
Negroni Riff
3 min
White Negroni
Gin, Suze and Lillet Blanc, stirred over a big cube. Grapefruit-pith bitterness, no red in sight.
1½ oz Gin · ¾ oz Suze · ¾ oz Lillet Blanc
Stirred & Spirit-Forward
Boozy, bracing, served up or over one big cube.
Bold
4 min
Amaro Boulevardier
A winter fireplace in a rocks glass. The Boulevardier rebuilt with an amaro spine.
1.5 oz Bourbon · 1 oz Cynar · 1 oz Sweet Vermouth · orange peel
Stirred Classic
4 min
Amaro Manhattan
The template every amaro drinker should memorize: rye, sweet vermouth, and an amaro splitting the difference.
2 oz Rye · ½ oz Sweet Vermouth · ½ oz Amaro · 2 dashes Bitters
Stirred Classic
4 min
Amaro Vieux Carré
Rye, cognac and sweet vermouth in equal measure, with a bar spoon of amaro doing the herbal work — richer and more bitter than the Hotel Monteleone original.
¾ oz Rye · ¾ oz Cognac · ¾ oz Sweet vermouth · ¼ oz Amaro Nonino
Classic
2 min
Americano
Lower in alcohol, taller in glass, longer on the palate. The drink Hemingway and James Bond actually ordered before dinner.
1.5 oz Campari · 1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth · Soda Water · Orange Slice
Stirred
4 min
Bitter Giuseppe
Three ingredients, two of them amaro-adjacent, and one of the most quietly addictive amaro cocktails of the modern era.
2 oz Cynar · 1 oz Sweet Vermouth · ¼ oz Lemon Juice · 6 dashes Orange Bitters
Stirred
4 min
Black Manhattan
A modern classic that proves the right amaro can replace vermouth and create something better.
2 oz Rye Whiskey · 1 oz Averna · 2 dashes Angostura · cherry
Spirit-Forward
3 min
Black Nail
Two ingredients, one big cube: soft Irish whiskey and Fernet-Branca, which turns out to be a far better partner for pot-still grain than anyone expected.
2 oz Irish whiskey · ¾ oz Fernet-Branca
Pre-Prohibition
4 min
Brooklyn
Rye, dry vermouth, maraschino and a bitter orange amaro — drier and darker than the Manhattan it was named against.
2 oz Rye · ¾ oz Dry Vermouth · ¼ oz Maraschino · ¼ oz Amer Picon
Stirred Classic
4 min
Fanciulli
Same bourbon and sweet vermouth as always, but a half ounce of Fernet in place of a few dashes of Angostura — mint, myrrh and eucalyptus running under the whiskey.
2 oz Bourbon · 1 oz Sweet vermouth · ½ oz Fernet-Branca
Stirred Classic
4 min
Hanky Panky
London's century-old Fernet cocktail. Two dashes is all it takes to turn a gin Martinez into something darker and stranger.
1.5 oz Gin · 1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth · 2 dashes Fernet-Branca · orange peel
Spirit-Forward
3 min
Il Padrino
Scotch and amaro over one big cube — the smoke and the bitter root pulling in opposite directions, with a strip of orange oil holding them together.
2 oz Blended Scotch · 1 oz Amaro Averna
Spirit-Forward
4 min
Kanar Sazerac
Fernet-Branca and cognac form the base, simple syrup softens it, and a salt rim pulls the bitterness into focus.
1½ oz Cognac · 1 oz Fernet-Branca · ½ oz Simple Syrup · Angostura & Orange Bitters
Stirred Classic
4 min
Left Hand
Bourbon, Campari and sweet vermouth in equal measure, pushed toward cocoa and cherry by mole bitters.
1½ oz Bourbon · ¾ oz Campari · ¾ oz Sweet Vermouth · 3 dashes Chocolate Bitters
Stirred Classic
4 min
Little Italy
Rye and sweet vermouth given a vegetal, artichoke-tinged backbone by half an ounce of Cynar.
2 oz Rye · ¾ oz Sweet Vermouth · ½ oz Cynar
Spirit-Forward
3 min
Nail in the Coffin
Nutty Madeira, vanilla-and-citrus Licor 43, and a bitter Fernet spine under soft Japanese whisky. Dark, layered, and slow to drink.
1½ oz Japanese Whisky · ¾ oz Dry Madeira · ½ oz Licor 43 · ¼ oz Fernet-Branca
Stirred Classic
4 min
Nonino Old Fashioned
Bourbon sweetened and spiced by Amaro Nonino Quintessentia instead of syrup, over one big cube.
2 oz Bourbon · ¾ oz Amaro Nonino · 2 dashes Angostura
Pre-Prohibition Classic
3 min
Old Pal
Equal parts rye, dry vermouth, and Campari. Crisp, bitter, and bracingly aromatic — a Negroni with the sweetness dialed out.
1 oz Rye Whiskey · 1 oz Dry Vermouth · 1 oz Campari · Lemon Twist
Spirit-Forward
4 min
Old Road
A house recipe from Casoni, the Emilian distillery behind Amaro del Ciclista: rye whisky, sherry and vanilla, with the amaro's cinchona-and-licorice spine holding it together.
1½ oz Rye · 1 oz Amaro del Ciclista · ½ oz Sherry · ½ oz Vanilla syrup
Stirred Classic
4 min
Red Hook
Rye, Punt e Mes and maraschino — dark, dry and faintly cocoa-bitter, one of the great modern Manhattan riffs.
2 oz Rye · ½ oz Punt e Mes · ½ oz Maraschino Liqueur
Stirred Classic
4 min
Rosita
Reposado tequila stirred with Campari and two vermouths — agave earthiness where a Negroni puts juniper.
1½ oz Reposado Tequila · ½ oz Campari · ½ oz Sweet Vermouth · ¼ oz Dry Vermouth
Stirred Classic
4 min
Slope
Rye, the bitter-edged vermouth Punt e Mes, and a bar spoon of apricot liqueur — a Manhattan with the sugar swapped for stone fruit and quinine bite.
2 oz Rye · 1 oz Punt e Mes · ¼ oz Apricot liqueur
Stirred Classic
4 min
Toronto
A pre-Prohibition Old Fashioned variation built around Fernet-Branca. Spicy, dry, and bracing — the perfect winter sipper.
2 oz Rye Whiskey · ¼ oz Fernet-Branca · ¼ oz Simple Syrup · 2 dashes Angostura · orange peel
Stirred Classic
4 min
Trident
Caraway, artichoke and dry sherry in equal measure, sharpened with two dashes of peach bitters.
1 oz Aquavit · 1 oz Cynar · 1 oz Fino Sherry · 2 dashes Peach Bitters
Aperitivo & Low-ABV
Golden-hour pours — bubbles, bitterness, and something salty on the side.
Low ABV
5 min
Amaro Cobbler
The 19th century's most popular drink, rebuilt on amaro and sherry — long, fruity, and barely alcoholic.
1½ oz Amaro Montenegro · 1½ oz Amontillado Sherry · ½ oz Orange · ¼ oz Simple
Sparkling
5 min
Amaro Old Cuban
Aged rum, mint and lime shaken and lengthened with prosecco, finished with a spoonful of dark amaro on top.
1½ oz Aged Rum · ¾ oz Lime · 1 oz Simple · 2 oz Prosecco · ¼ oz Amaro
Aperitivo
2 min
Bicicletta
Lower in alcohol than an Aperol Spritz and far drier, the Bicicletta is what older Italians sip on their bikes between piazzas — hence the name.
2 oz Campari · 3 oz Dry White Wine · Soda Water · Lemon Wheel
Sparkling
3 min
Bitter French
Gin, lemon and Campari shaken cold, lengthened with brut champagne into a coral-pink aperitivo.
1 oz Gin · ½ oz Lemon · ½ oz Campari · 3 oz Champagne
Aperitivo
3 min
Campari Shakerato
Campari and nothing else, shaken until it froths and chills — the purest expression of Italian bitterness.
2½ oz Campari · Orange Twist
Aperitivo
3 min
Contessa
A pale, sunset-coloured aperitivo with Aperol's gentle orange bitterness and just enough gin backbone.
1 oz Gin · 1 oz Aperol · 1 oz Dry Vermouth
Low ABV
5 min
Cynar Julep
Cynar and a splash of rye swizzled over crushed ice: bitter, herbal, and barely stronger than a glass of wine.
2 oz Cynar · ½ oz Rye · ¼ oz Simple Syrup · 8 Mint Leaves
Aperitivo
3 min
Cynar Spritz
Artichoke amaro in place of the usual orange bitter: earthier, drier, and far more savory, but still built in three parts over ice in a big wine glass.
2 oz Cynar · 3 oz Prosecco · Splash soda
Aperitivo
3 min
Garibaldi
Two ingredients, one technique. The right kind of orange juice — aerated to a frothy fluff — transforms a kid's drink into an Italian masterpiece.
1.5 oz Campari · 4 oz Fresh Orange Juice (fluffed) · Orange Slice
Low ABV
3 min
Lucano Americano
Lucano's Americano swaps the red bitter for amaro, giving you the same soda-lengthened aperitivo with more caramel, clove and bitter-orange depth.
¾ oz Amaro Lucano · ¾ oz Red vermouth · Soda water
Two-Ingredient
2 min
Milano-Torino
The ancestor of both the Americano and the Negroni — equal parts Campari and sweet vermouth over ice.
1½ oz Campari · 1½ oz Sweet Vermouth
Aperitivo
2 min
Negroni Sbagliato
Equal parts Campari and sweet vermouth, topped with prosecco instead of gin. Lighter, brighter, and dangerously easy to drink.
1 oz Campari · 1 oz Sweet Vermouth · Prosecco · Orange Slice
Aperitivo
3 min
Rome With a View
A low-proof highball with Campari's bite cut by lime and lengthened with soda — endlessly drinkable in the heat.
1 oz Campari · 1 oz Dry Vermouth · ¾ oz Lime · ½ oz Simple · Soda
Aperitivo
3 min
The Amaro Spritz
The perfect golden-hour ritual. Swap Aperol for a proper amaro and the spritz grows up.
2 oz Amaro Montenegro · 3 oz Prosecco · splash of soda · orange slice
Highballs & Long Drinks
Tall, cold, and built straight in the glass.
Easy
2 min
Amaro Highball
The Japanese-bar approach to amaro: cold, fizzy, and honest. Lets the spirit do the talking.
1.5 oz Nonino Quintessentia · 4 oz cold soda · lemon twist
Long Drink
4 min
Amaro Michelada
The michelada with the hot sauce dialed back and an ounce of bittersweet amaro in its place — herbal, citrusy and dangerously easy in the heat.
1 oz Amaro · ½ oz Lime · 8 oz Mexican lager
Highball
3 min
Amaro Mule
Averna, lime and spicy ginger beer over crushed ice — the mule with an Italian accent.
2 oz Amaro Averna · ¾ oz Lime · 4 oz Ginger Beer
Long Drink
6 min
Art of Choke
Cynar and rum over crushed ice with mint and lime — herbal, minty and far more refreshing than the ingredient list suggests.
1 oz Cynar · 1 oz White Rum · ½ oz Green Chartreuse · ½ oz Lime · ¼ oz Simple
Highball
3 min
Black Rock Chiller
Two amari, cola and a squeeze of lemon. Impossibly refreshing, faintly medicinal, and gone in four sips.
1 oz Fernet-Branca · 1 oz Averna · Cola · Lemon
Highball
2 min
Fernandito
Fernet-Branca lengthened with cold cola over ice. Minty, bitter, endlessly refillable.
2 oz Fernet-Branca · 5 oz Cola · Lime wedge
Highball
2 min
Fernet con Coca
Fernet-Branca and cold cola over ice — bracing, minty and consumed by the liter in Córdoba.
2 oz Fernet-Branca · 5 oz Cola
Highball
2 min
Italian Buck
Any dark amaro, spicy ginger beer, a squeeze of lime. Three ingredients, endlessly adjustable, and dangerously refreshing.
2 oz Amaro · ½ oz Fresh Lime · 4 oz Ginger Beer
Long Drink
3 min
Lucano Cobbler
Lucano's take on the cobbler: red wine for body, tonic for lift, amaro for bitterness, all built straight into the glass over ice.
1½ oz Amaro Lucano · 3⅓ oz Red wine · ¾ oz Tonic · ½ oz Sugar syrup
Highball
3 min
Monte Paloma
A Paloma with an amaro backbone — blanco tequila and grapefruit soda lifted by Montenegro's orange-and-herb sweetness.
1½ oz Blanco Tequila · 1 oz Amaro Montenegro · ½ oz Fresh Lime · Grapefruit Soda
Highball
2 min
Rabarbaro & Tonic
Zucca's burnt-sugar, smoky rhubarb bitterness stretched long over tonic — the aperitivo for people who find spritzes too sweet.
2 oz Rabarbaro Zucca · 4 oz Tonic Water · Lemon Twist
Sours & Shaken Drinks
Citrus doing the work of holding bitterness in balance.
Sour
4 min
Amaro Daiquiri
Half the rum swapped for Amaro Nonino — grappa-based, apricot-soft — turning the daiquiri woody and long.
1½ oz White Rum · ¾ oz Amaro Nonino · ¾ oz Lime · ½ oz Simple
Shaken
4 min
Amaro Gimlet
A gimlet with an amaro float of botanicals — sharp up front, herbal and long on the finish.
1½ oz Gin · ¾ oz Amaro Braulio · ¾ oz Lime · ½ oz Simple
Shaken
4 min
Amaro Smash
The easiest way to drink amaro in July: smash mint, add lemon, pour over a mountain of crushed ice.
1½ oz Amaro Montenegro · ¾ oz Bourbon · ¾ oz Lemon · Mint
Sour
6 min
Amaro Sour
Amaro carries the whole base — no whiskey needed — lifted with lemon, sugar and a thick egg-white cap.
2 oz Amaro · ¾ oz Lemon · ½ oz Simple Syrup · 1 Egg White
Shaken
5 min
Averna Sour
All of Averna's caramel-orange softness, wrapped in a pillow of egg-white foam. The amaro sour every cocktail geek should know.
2 oz Averna · ¾ oz Lemon Juice · ½ oz Simple Syrup · 1 egg white · Angostura
Sour
5 min
Braulio Alpine Sour
Braulio and génépy shaken with lemon and honey — a mountain sour that tastes like cold air and evergreen.
1½ oz Braulio · ½ oz Génépy · ¾ oz Lemon · ½ oz Honey Syrup
Shaken
5 min
Enzoni
Milk & Honey's grape-driven Campari sour — bright, juicy and bitter all at once.
1 oz Gin · 1 oz Campari · ¾ oz Lemon · ½ oz Simple · 5 Green Grapes
Sour
5 min
Fernet Sour
Fernet-Branca is brutal neat and startlingly good shaken — lemon and egg white round off the menthol edge and leave the mint and myrrh behind.
1½ oz Fernet-Branca · ¾ oz Lemon · ¾ oz Simple syrup · 1 Egg white
Sour
4 min
Gold Rusher
Bourbon, honey, and lemon — the Gold Rush — darkened and deepened with a measure of Fernet-Branca.
2 oz Bourbon · ¾ oz Lemon Juice · ¾ oz Honey Syrup · ½ oz Fernet-Branca
Tiki & Tropical
Rum, pineapple and crushed ice, with an Italian bitter spine.
Tiki
5 min
Bitter Mai Tai
Jeremy Oertel's cult tiki riff: Campari, aged rum, orgeat and lime, whipped over crushed ice.
1½ oz Campari · ¾ oz Jamaican Rum · ¾ oz Lime · ½ oz Orgeat · ¼ oz Orange Curaçao
Tiki
5 min
Brancolada
Menthol and pineapple should not get along. Coconut cream is the diplomat that makes the peace.
1½ oz Fernet-Branca · 2 oz Pineapple · ¾ oz Coconut Cream · ½ oz Lemon
Tiki
5 min
Jungle Bird
Dark rum, Campari, pineapple, and lime — bittersweet, tropical, and impossibly balanced. The cocktail that converts skeptics on both sides.
1.5 oz Blackstrap Rum · ¾ oz Campari · 1.5 oz Pineapple Juice · ½ oz Lime Juice · ½ oz Simple Syrup
After Dinner & Dessert
Digestivi, flips, and the warm mug at the end of the night.
Dessert
3 min
Amaro Affogato
The Italian after-dinner move: drown the gelato in hot espresso and cold amaro, eat and drink it at the same time.
1½ oz Amaro · 1 shot Espresso · 1 scoop Vanilla Gelato
Dessert
4 min
Amaro Alexander
Cream, cognac and amaro — dessert in a glass with just enough bitterness to keep it from cloying.
1 oz Cognac · 1 oz Amaro Averna · 1 oz Heavy Cream
After Dinner
5 min
Amaro Espresso Martini
Vodka, fresh espresso and Amaro Averna, shaken cold enough to build a proper crema cap.
1½ oz Vodka · ¾ oz Amaro Averna · 1 oz Espresso · ¼ oz Simple Syrup
After Dinner
6 min
Amaro Flip
Amaro Montenegro and aged rum whipped with a whole egg into something silky, spiced and barely sweet.
1½ oz Amaro Montenegro · ¾ oz Aged Rum · 1 Whole Egg · ¼ oz Demerara Syrup
Warm
5 min
Amaro Hot Toddy
Amaro cut with hot water, honey and lemon — the toddy's medicinal promise finally made honest.
1½ oz Amaro · ½ oz Bourbon · ½ oz Honey · ½ oz Lemon · 4 oz Hot Water
After Dinner
5 min
Amaro Sgroppino
Lemon sorbet whipped with prosecco and a measure of amaro — frothy, icy and bittersweet.
2 scoops Lemon Sorbet · 1 oz Amaro Montenegro · 2 oz Prosecco
Digestivo
1 min
Caffè Corretto
Not really a cocktail. A ritual. The most civilized 60 seconds of any evening.
1 oz Fernet-Branca · 1 shot espresso · served side by side
Dessert
6 min
Cynar Flip
Artichoke amaro whipped with a whole egg into a custardy, caramel-bitter nightcap.
2 oz Cynar · ½ oz Demerara Syrup · 1 Whole Egg
Dessert
6 min
Il Ciclista Innamorato
Casoni's signature serve retells the founding story of Amaro del Ciclista — the amaro handed over with an egg and sugar after a 120-kilometre ride — as a rich, chocolate-dusted dessert cocktail.
1 oz Amaro del Ciclista · 1 oz Aged rum · 1 Egg yolk · 2 bsp Sugar
Bartender's Choice
Industry shots and weekend projects for the ambitious.
Advanced
12 hr
Amaro Milk Punch
Curdle it on purpose, strain out the solids, and the amaro's harshest bitterness leaves with them.
8 oz Amaro · 6 oz Rum · 6 oz Lemon · 4 oz Sugar · 8 oz Whole Milk
Industry
1 min
Ferrari
Named for the car, not the family — because it goes down fast. Fernet's menthol bite meets Campari's bittersweet orange in the simplest amaro drink there is.
1 oz Fernet-Branca · 1 oz Campari
Industry
1 min
The Hard Start
Half a shot of Fernet, half a shot of Branca Menta — combined or sipped side by side. The drink bartenders pour for other bartenders at the end of a long shift.
½ oz Fernet-Branca · ½ oz Branca Menta