CORKAGE: What I’m Drinking Tonight: Amaro Nonino
by dalecruse
Recently I’ve been enjoying a wonderful after-dinner drink: Quintessentia Amaro Nonino.
This bitter digestif from the Venezia region of Italy combines herbs, roots, flowers, bark, and citrus peels in neutral spirits. Specifically, this one contains cereal alcohol, grape acqua vitae aged five years, roots of gentian, saffron, rhubarb, sweet orange, bitter orange, quassia wood, tamarind, galenga, licorice, cinchona. It’s thick, syrupy, and good for your stomach! Sign me up!
Each of these gorgeous 750ml bottles features aromas of fresh herbs and flowers. Alpine fresh spice and succulent flavors on the palate with a very deep and lingering finish.
I like it with one ice cube, but I really want to try it with a slice of orange also.
Drinks are on me!
Post contributed by Dale Cruse. Cruse is a website developer who is helping to change the wine world. He likes to eat, he likes to drink, and he likes to write about both at Drinks Are On Me.
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It's one of our favorite amaros. And it makes a terrific Brooklyn Cocktail variation we came up with. Here's the recipe:
Brooklyn Nonino
(created by Paul Zablocki & Steve Schul, CocktailBuzz.com)
1 1/2 oz. rye (we use Wild Turkey or Rittenhouse)
1/2 oz. dry vermouth (we use Noilly Prat)
1/4 oz. Amaro Nonino
1/4 oz. maraschino liqueur (we use Luxardo)
orange peel, ... more >