Recipes

BraulioMezcalCreme de CassisPiloncillo Syrup

Braulio and mezcal in an Old Fashioned frame, sweetened with unrefined cane

RamazzottiTonic Water

A long, easy amaro and tonic over ice with an orange twist

Amaro AbanoEgg WhiteLemon JuiceSimple Syrup

A rich amaro sour with lemon and a silky egg-white top

Amaro NardiniGinger BeerLime Juice

Nardini's amaro in place of the rum, long over ice with ginger beer and lime

NobeltjeHot CoffeeWhipped Cream

Coffee, Ameland's own herb liqueur and a spoonful of cream

Amaro di AngosturaSimple SyrupLime JuiceAromatic Bitters

Angostura's own sour, with three quarters of an ounce of aromatic bitters in it

Weduwe Joustra BerenburgOrange Soda

The Frisian long drink: cold berenburg over ice with orange soda

BecherovkaLemonTonic Water

Becherovka and tonic over ice with a squeeze of lemon, the Czech national cocktail

Breckenridge BitterExtra Dry ChampagneLemon Sparkling Water

A Colorado bitter under dry champagne and lemon sparkling water

Black BalsamHeavy CreamHot Black Coffee

The Latvian way with Riga Black Balsam — a measure stirred into hot black coffee, bittersweet and warming

Rye WhiskeyAvernaAngostura Aromatic Bitters

Modern Manhattan variation with Averna amaro replacing vermouth

Zoco PacharánOrange Soda

Pamplona's festival highball: pacharán floated over cold orange soda

ConcertoEspresso

Espresso "corrected" with a shot of Concerto, Don Ciccio's coffee-and-cocoa amaro

Vecchio Amaro del CapoTonic Water

Calabria's freezer-cold amaro stretched long over tonic

Licor 43Espresso

The classic Spanish carajillo — hot espresso cut with Licor 43, served over ice or warm

Toro Centerbe

The Abruzzo meditation pour: emerald, seventy percent, and cold

Jeppson's MalörtOld Style Lager

A shot of Malört with an Old Style alongside, Chicago's own boilermaker

China MartiniSugarHot Water

The Piedmontese winter serve: china elixir, hot water and lemon peel

Bigallet China-ChinaSparkling White Wine

Bigallet's bitter orange liqueur under sparkling wine, the house's own serve

Three PinsApple Cider

An alpine herbal liqueur lengthened with fresh apple cider

Blended WhiskyGammel DanskEgg WhiteGrapefruit Juice+1

Gammel Dansk as the base spirit for once, with grapefruit and egg white

Amaro dell'ErboristaProsecco

A honey-sweetened Marche amaro under prosecco, in a flute

White RumAmaro dell'EtnaMint LeavesLime+2

A mojito with a Sicilian amaro in it, bitter orange and liquorice under the mint

Fernet-BrancaMascarponeEgg YolksEgg Whites+4

Classic Italian tiramisu with Fernet-Branca in the espresso soak — an amaro-forward twist on the Veneto original

Fernet-BrancaFernet 1882Coca-Cola

The Argentine national drink — a tall, icy mix of Fernet-Branca and Coca-Cola, known locally as fernandito

Fernet BrancaIPA

The "bartender's handshake" — an ounce of Fernet-Branca with an IPA back

Fernet PiantaRed Aperitivo

Equal parts fernet and red aperitivo, swirled in a short glass

Gammel Dansk

Denmark's bitter dram, poured small at room temperature and drunk to a toast

Génépy le Chamois

The Savoyard close to a meal: alpine génépy over one big cube, nothing else

GinSweet VermouthFernet Branca

Gin and sweet vermouth cocktail with Fernet Branca

Killepitsch

Düsseldorf's herb liqueur poured straight from the freezer, sipped rather than shot

Amaro 18 IsolabellaSoda Water

Eighteen herbs, seltzer and a lemon peel, which is how Italy drinks it

JägermeisterFresh Lime JuiceSimple SyrupAngostura Bitters+1

German herbal mule with ginger beer

KuemmerlingGinger SyrupLime JuiceOrange Bitters+1

The German single-serve bitter built out into a berry-and-ginger long drink

DemänovkaApple JuiceSoda Water

The Slovak summer serve: mountain-herb bitter long with apple juice

Amaro LucanoChinotto

Basilicata amaro lengthened with Italy's own bitter-orange soda

Aged RumAmaro MelettiMint LeavesOrange Bitters+1

A rum swizzle built on the sweetest of the Italian amari, over crushed ice

BrancamentaLimeBrown SugarTonic Water

Branca's mint fernet over crushed ice and tonic, muddled with lime

GinAmaro MontenegroSweet VermouthAngostura Aromatic Bitters

A Negroni with Amaro Montenegro in the lead and the proportions inverted

Aged RumCognacBecherovkaTeapot Bitters+3

A whole-egg flip on rum and cognac, with tea bitters and black pepper

Bourbon WhiskeyAmaro NoninoAperolFresh Lemon Juice

Modern equal-parts cocktail with bourbon, Aperol, and amaro

Amaro PasubioCola

An alpine vino-amaro over ice with cola, which works better than it reads

Fernet-ValletBlanco TequilaAnise Liqueur

Tequila, Mexican fernet and anise in equal parts, swirled in a brandy glass

Amaro CioCiaroGinCampariElderflower Liqueur+2

Six ingredients around a bitter orange amaro, shaken and served over ice

Rabarbaro ZuccaProseccoSoda Water

A smoky-rhubarb spritz: rabarbaro amaro, sparkling wine and soda

Letherbee FernetFernet-BrancaStrawberry SyrupLemon Juice

Two fernets, lemon and strawberry syrup over crushed ice

GinRye WhiskeyAmaro MelettiElemakule Tiki Bitters+1

An equal-parts stir of gin, rye, amaro and quinquina

Smoked Walnut BourbonAmaro SibillaWalnut LiqueurXocolatl Mole Bitters

A Manhattan for four, deepened with a honey-sweetened Marche amaro and walnut liqueur

Sonnema BerenburgEgg WhiteFresh Lemon JuiceSimple Syrup

Classic sour cocktail showcasing Frisian berenburg herbal liqueur

Amaro TosoliniProseccoGinger Ale

A Friulian amaro spritz built on ginger ale as well as prosecco

Texels JuttertjeHot Chocolate Milk

Comforting hot chocolate spiked with Texels Juttertje herbal liqueur

White RumSfumato RabarbaroMaraschino LiqueurGrapefruit Juice+2

A Hemingway daiquiri pulled toward smoke by half an ounce of Sfumato

Rye WhiskeyFernet BrancaSimple SyrupAngostura Aromatic Bitters

Rye whiskey cocktail with Fernet Branca as starring ingredient

Underberg

One 20ml bottle, room temperature, taken in a single go

Badel PelinkovacElderflower LiqueurLemon Juice

Croatian wormwood bitter with elderflower and lemon, short and over ice

UnicumLime JuiceSimple SyrupSoda Water

Unicum lengthened with lime, cucumber and soda, the way the house pours it