Bitter Liqueurs

1882

Argentine fernet, minty and bracing over bitter herbs, the soul of a good fernet and Coke

Angostura

Amaro-style bitter liqueur from Angostura

Averna

Sicilian amaro with Mediterranean herbs

Badel

Croatian wormwood bitter, dark and bracingly bitter

Becherovka

Bohemian herbal bitter, cinnamon and clove led

Bigallet

French China-China amer, bitter orange and cinchona with cola-like depth

Branca

Peppermint-forward fernet, intensely cooling over a bitter herbal base

Braulio

Italian alpine digestif from the mountains of Lombardy

Breckenridge

Colorado amaro, orange and warm spice over a bitter base

Caffo

Calabrian amaro, liquorice and orange forward with a cooling edge

Cappelletti

Alpine vino-amaro from the Dolomites, wild blueberry and mountain pine

Cappelletti

Rhubarb-forward Italian bitter liqueur with distinctive smoky character

China Martini

Italian cinchona amaro, bittersweet with cola-like depth

CioCiaro

Central Italian amaro, orange-forward and bittersweet, a classic Amer Picon stand-in

Demänovka

Slovak herbal bitter, mountain herbs and honey

Dolin

Alpine genepi liqueur, herbal and lightly sweet

Don Ciccio & Figli

Craft amaro with coffee, cocoa and herbs, rich and bittersweet

Faccia Brutto

Brooklyn craft fernet, mint and bitter herbs in the Italian style

Fernet

Italian digestif with intense herbal character

Gammel Dansk

Danish bitter built on a blend of herbs and warm spice

Isolabella

Milanese amaro, liquorice-led and bittersweet

Jeppson's

Chicago wormwood spirit, uncompromisingly bitter and grapefruit-dry

Jägermeister

German herbal liqueur with 56 botanicals

Killepitsch

Dusseldorf herbal liqueur, dark and warmly spiced from dozens of botanicals

Kuemmerling

German herbal bitter in single-serve format, anise and herb led

Leopold Bros

Colorado alpine herbal liqueur, mountain herbs and citrus

Letherbee

Chicago craft fernet, minty and bitter in the Italian style

Licor 43

Spanish herbal liqueur with 43 botanicals

Lucano

Basilicata amaro, herbal and bittersweet with dried-fruit warmth

Luxardo

Venetian amaro, warm baking spice over bitter herbs

Meletti

Marche amaro built on saffron and gentle anise

Montenegro

Italian amaro with complex botanical blend

Nardini

Veneto amaro, brisk and gentian-forward with a cooling finish

Nobeltje

Traditional Dutch bitter with royal heritage

Nonino

Premium Italian grappa-based amaro

Petrus Boonekamp

High-proof Boonekamp bitter, dry and intensely herbal

Ramazzotti

Milanese amaro with sweet orange and anise, a classic dark bittersweet

Riga

Latvian herbal bitter, intense and dark-bittersweet

Russo

Sicilian amaro, orange and liquorice with gentle bitterness

St. Agrestis

Brooklyn amaro, gentian and orange with balanced bitterness

Stock

Hundred-herb Italian amaro, herbal and balanced

TX Distillery

Maritime Dutch bitter with ship's medicine heritage

Texels

Traditional herbal liqueur from the island of Texel in the West Frisian Islands. Made from 14 secret herbs and spices according to an old family recipe.

Toro

Intense Abruzzese herbal liqueur, vivid green and bracing

Tosolini

Friuli amaro, gentian and alpine herbs with a smooth finish

Underberg

German herbal bitters in iconic single-serve packaging

Vallet

Mexican fernet, saffron and herbs over a bitter base

Varnelli

Marche amaro on a honey base, bitter and gently sweet with mountain herbs

Varnelli

Lightly bittered Marche amaro on a honey base, herbal and aromatic

Vittone

Intensely herbal Ligurian amaro, dry and bracing

Weduwe Joustra

Traditional Frisian herbal bitter from the Netherlands

Zoco

Spanish sloe berry liqueur with anise

Zucca

Rhubarb amaro, smoky and caramel-rich with light bitterness

Zwack

Hungarian herbal bitter, dark and complex from forty botanicals