Now that Amer Picon—the classic French bitter orange liqueur—can no longer be found on American shelves, bartenders across the country have taken to recreating their own. Veronica Mewes on the…
The Picon Bière is France's version of a shandy based on the now-obscure bitter orange liqueur, Amer Picon.
American bartenders, including Darren Scott of Austin's laV, have begun to create their own versions of the lost French bitter, Amer Picon, like this version combining amaro with an orange…
The Astoria #2 is Austin bartender Darren Scott's citrusy play on a Brooklyn (rye, Amer Picon, maraschino and dry vermouth) which is itself a play on a Manhattan.
At San Francisco's 15 Romolo, formerly a Basque restaurant from the 1940s until the 1990s, Andrew Meltzer makes the traditional Basque Picon Punch in ode to the bar's previous life.
