Amaro Hour
Curated by Bitters Guide
Bittersweet amaro and bitter-liqueur cocktails across the spectrum — a smoky rhubarb spritz, a silky amaro sour, a stirred Black Manhattan. A tour of how Italy's amari and their cousins drink, from the first pour of the evening onward.
Collection Recipes (8 recipes)
Amaro Highball
A long, easy amaro and tonic over ice with an orange twist
Curator Notes
An aperitivo-strength amaro stretched long with tonic
Rabarbaro Spritz
A smoky-rhubarb spritz: rabarbaro amaro, sparkling wine and soda
Curator Notes
The smoky-rhubarb answer to the Aperol Spritz
Byrrh Cassis
A French cafe aperitif: quinquina wine with cassis and soda
Curator Notes
A gentle quinquina aperitif, cassis-deepened
Amaro Sour
A rich amaro sour with lemon and a silky egg-white top
Curator Notes
Lemon and egg white round a baking-spice amaro
Honey-Herb Mule
A herbal mule: wine-soft amaro lengthened with lime and ginger beer
Curator Notes
A low-proof, herb-forward take on the mule
Black Manhattan
Modern Manhattan variation with Averna amaro replacing vermouth
Curator Notes
Amaro stands in for vermouth in a darker Manhattan
Paper Plane
Modern equal-parts cocktail with amaro and bitters
Curator Notes
An equal-parts modern classic with amaro at its heart
Boulevardier
Whiskey-based Negroni variation with bitters complexity
Curator Notes
The whiskey Negroni — bitter and warming