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AMARO AVERNA 0,7L 29% goły

Name: AMARO AVERNA 0,7L 29% goły
SKU: 020539
Price: 89.00 PLN
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Alcohol percentage: 30%

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Amaro Averna is a Sicilian herbal liqueur (amaro) from Caltanissetta, built around a bittersweet balance between the bitterness of roots and the sweetness of caramel and citrus. It is bottled at 29% ABV. The recipe was created in 1868 for Salvatore Averna by herbalists – the monks of the San Spirito abbey in Caltanissetta – and Averna, being the first licensed spirit in Sicily, grew over time to become the best-selling amaro in Italy.

The liqueur is made from an infusion of aromatic herbs, dried flowers, spices and liquorice. Among the disclosed ingredients are citrus peels and the essential oils of bitter orange and lemon, alongside pomegranate. First, the botanicals are macerated in high-proof grape spirit for a certain time, then diluted with water, sweetened with sugar and filtered, after which a second round of maceration follows, and the whole rests for as long as is needed for the ingredients to marry well. To this day the main production of Averna takes place in Caltanissetta in Sicily, where Salvatore Averna first prepared his version of the monks' amaro.

In the glass it appears as a clear, dark brown liqueur in a dark chocolate shade with brown reflections. On the nose, aromatic freshness and spices with notes of cola, bitter orange, herbal bark, jasmine, quinine and ash. On the palate it is bittersweet and slightly piquant, with bitter orange peel, mocha coffee, liquorice, bitterness (gentian), quinine, caramel, cola and rosemary. The finish brings liquorice, cola and cocoa with orange peel and a long-lingering gentian bitterness, bittersweet and piquant, dominated by notes of cinnamon, cola, bitter orange and chocolate. The texture is full and syrupy.

Averna is traditionally served as a digestif – neat or on the rocks with a twist of orange – as well as in cocktails. It is sometimes described as a counterpoint to Campari: while Campari is intensely coloured and distinctly bitter, Averna is rich, syrupy brown and far less biting, more richly herbal than outright bitter. It also works well in spirit-forward cocktails, especially those with whisky or aged rum.