# Cynar

A dark Italian amaro whose artichoke and 13-plant recipe gives it earthy, herbal, and gently bittersweet character.

Parent category: [Amaro](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/amaro.md)

Alcohol: 16.5% ABV

## Cocktails

- [100-Year-Old Cigar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/100-year-old-cigar.md): Aged rum becomes a dark after-dinner drink under Cynar, Bénédictine, peat, bitters, and the lingering aroma of an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [Art of Choke](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/art-of-choke.md): Cynar and rum absorb lime, rich demerara, bitters, and muddled mint in a stirred drink whose fresh ingredients behave nothing like a conventional sour.
- [Artichoke Spritz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/artichoke-spritz.md): Cynar and sweet vermouth deepen rosé Prosecco into an earthy, orange-bright contemporary spritz.
- [Bensonhurst](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bensonhurst.md): High-proof rye and dry vermouth frame precise measures of maraschino and Cynar in Chad Solomon's bright, bitter 2006 response to the Brooklyn.
- [Bitter Giuseppe](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bitter-giuseppe.md): Stephen Cole's low-proof modern classic makes earthy Cynar the base, lengthened with sweet vermouth and sharpened by lemon and orange bitters.
- [Cynar Julep](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cynar-julep.md): This Buenos Aires modern classic makes Cynar the base of a cooling crushed-ice drink with mint, lemon, and bittersweet grapefruit soda.
- [Drunk Uncle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/drunk-uncle.md): Islay Scotch, Cynar, and blanc vermouth make Shawn Soole’s smoky, vegetal White-Negroni relative spare enough for every bottle to remain exposed.
- [Eeyore’s Requiem](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/eeyores-requiem.md): Toby Maloney's uncompromising Violet Hour aperitivo layers Campari with two amaros, blanc vermouth, gin, and orange bitters.
- [Heart of Glass](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/heart-of-glass.md): Troy Sidle’s room-temperature Manhattan-scaffa measures its own dilution, saturates bourbon with Cynar and bitters, and turns a whiskey rinse into ritual.
- [Little Italy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/little-italy.md): A bittersweet Manhattan variation pairing rye and sweet vermouth with earthy, herbal Cynar.
- [Poolside in Italy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/poolside-in-italy.md): Dark rum and Cynar share equal weight with fresh grapefruit before a long soda top makes their caramel, earth, and bitterness improbably refreshing.
- [Rabo de Galo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rabo-de-galo.md): A robust Brazilian aperitif bringing cachaça together with sweet vermouth, earthy Cynar, and aromatic bitters.
- [Remember the Alimony](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/remember-the-alimony.md): Fino and Cynar outweigh the gin in this savoury, low-proof Negroni relation, replacing sweet vermouth and Campari with salt, earth, and restrained bitterness.
- [Search for Delicious](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/search-for-delicious.md): Cynar and Punt e Mes turn silky and aromatic under tiny measures of lemon, orange bitters, and bitterness-taming salt.
- [Too Soon?](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/too-soon.md): A regal shake with thin orange slices gives this gin-and-Cynar sour fragrant peel oils and soft fruit depth without muddling bitterness into the drink.
- [Trident](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/trident.md): Aquavit, dry sherry, and Cynar meet in equal measure, with peach and orange bitters drawing out the drink's savoury fruit and spice.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cynar
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/cynar-a2f3cbb9.webp
- Source: https://www.camparigroup.com/en/pages/brands