# Amaro

An Italian style of bittersweet herbal liqueur traditionally served as a digestif.

Parent category: [Herbal liqueur](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/herbal-liqueur.md)

Alcohol: 30% ABV

## Types

- [Amaro Braulio](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/braulio.md): 21% ABV. An oak-aged Alpine amaro from Bormio with balsamic herbs, roots, juniper, gentian, wormwood, and a persistent woody bitterness.
- [Amaro Montenegro](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/amaro-montenegro.md): 23% ABV. A gently bittersweet Italian amaro with orange, floral, herbal, and warm spice notes.
- [Amaro Nonino](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/amaro-nonino.md): 35% ABV. A bittersweet Italian amaro made with herbs and botanicals and rounded with aged grape distillate, showing orange, spice, and caramel notes.
- [Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/amaro-sfumato-rabarbaro.md): 20% ABV. A smoky, bittersweet Trentino amaro built around alpine rhubarb, with dark woods, herbs, and soft berry notes.
- [Amaro di Angostura](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/amaro-di-angostura.md): 35% ABV. A Trinidadian amaro built around Angostura's aromatic spice profile, with dark sugar, cinnamon, liquorice, citrus, and a long bittersweet finish.
- [Aperol](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/aperol.md): 11% ABV. A bright orange Italian aperitif with gently bittersweet citrus, rhubarb, and herbal notes.
- [Averna](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/averna.md): 29% ABV. A Sicilian amaro with bittersweet citrus, pomegranate, herbs, and spice over a rich caramel-like body.
- [Brancamenta](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/brancamenta.md): 28% ABV. A peppermint-led Italian amaro in the Fernet-Branca family, combining cooling menthol with bitter herbs and warm spice.
- [Brucato Chaparral](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/brucato-chaparral.md): 46% ABV. A high-proof Californian amaro led by yerba santa, bay, spearmint, and cardamom, with bright herbal, mint, and anise notes.
- [Campari](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/campari.md): 25% ABV. A vivid red Italian bitter aperitif with intense orange, herbal, floral, and woody notes.
- [Cardamaro](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cardamaro.md): 17% ABV. A wine-based Piedmontese amaro infused with cardoon and herbs, combining oxidised grape depth, gentle bitterness, spice, and a rounded finish.
- [Cynar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cynar.md): 16.5% ABV. A dark Italian amaro whose artichoke and 13-plant recipe gives it earthy, herbal, and gently bittersweet character.
- [Fernet](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fernet.md): 39% ABV. An intensely bitter, aromatic style of amaro commonly marked by herbaceous, spicy, and menthol notes.
- [Meletti amaro](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/meletti-amaro.md): 32% ABV. An Italian amaro combining sweet citrus, spice, caramel, and a measured herbal bitterness.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/amaro
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/amaro-b0ab4cca.webp
- Source: https://us.fernetbranca.com/