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Liqueur & Aperitivo

Every liqueur & aperitivo page in the Academy — written from primary sources, linked to bottles you can actually buy.

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A cluster of ripe blue-black sloes among green leaves on a blackthorn branch.Level 2Sloe and Flavored Gin Sloe gin is legally a liqueur, not a gin; flavored gins have their own rules. Hedgerow fruit, sugar levels and what t... Whole hazelnuts in the shell beside shelled and cracked kernels on a blue-grey background.Level 2Fruit and Nut Liqueurs Crème de cassis, maraschino, amaretto, nocino and sloe gin: the sugar rules, the real histories and the legends. Close-up of whole star anise pods with seeds on a wooden surface.Level 2Anise Spirits — Sambuca, Ouzo, Pastis and Arak The Mediterranean's anise family: what separates sambuca, ouzo, pastis and arak, and why they turn cloudy with water. The herb garden of the former abbey at Seligenstadt, Germany, with flowering beds in front of the monastery buildings.Level 2Herbal Liqueurs Chartreuse, Bénédictine, Jägermeister and the other secret-recipe herbals: monastery legends, dated facts and how to ... A red spritz-style drink, a glass of sparkling wine and a tray of snacks on a small outdoor café table in an Italian piazza.Level 2Aperitivo Bitter Liqueurs Campari, Aperol and the red-and-orange bitters of the Italian aperitivo hour: where they came from and how they drink. A bowl of curled, dried citrus peel in orange and brown tones.Level 2Orange Liqueurs Triple sec and curaçao: where orange liqueur came from, what the label terms mean, and why every bar keeps one. A heap of dried, gnarled yellow gentian roots, the bittering root behind many amari.Level 2Amaro Italy's bittersweet herbal liqueurs, from soft and citrusy to bracing fernet, and how to read one. Rows of weathered oak casks of wine ageing in the open air in the yard of a vermouth house in Marseillan, France.Level 2Vermouth and Aromatised Wine Wine, wormwood and a little spirit: how vermouth is defined in the EU and U.S., what Vermouth di Torino means, and ho... Three snifter glasses of bright red, blue and amber liqueur side by side against a pale wall.Level 1 · Start hereLiqueurs, Amari, Vermouth and Bitters Sweetened, flavored spirits and their bitter cousins: what the law says a liqueur is, and how amaro, vermouth, bitter... The capped tops of a crowd of small cocktail-bitters bottles on a bar counter, with warm bar lights behind.Level 2Cocktail Bitters Aromatic, Creole and orange bitters: the dash that seasons a cocktail, where Angostura and Peychaud's came from, and ... Macro photograph of glossy dark-roasted coffee beans.Level 2Coffee and Cream Liqueurs Coffee liqueur, Irish cream and egg liqueurs: what is in them, what the law requires, and how to store and serve them. Whole cinnamon sticks lying on a wooden board against a dark background.Level 2Flavored Whiskey Cinnamon, honey, peanut butter, apple: a real whiskey base plus natural flavor, bottled at 30 percent or more, never ... A slotted gilt absinthe spoon with a sugar cube resting across a stemmed glass of pale, cloudy green absinthe on a wooden bar.Level 2Absinthe Wormwood, anise and fennel: absinthe's Swiss origins, its century-long bans, and the U.S. thujone rule that brought i...

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