Averna
The Unstoppable Appeal of the Cream Liqueur
Baileys—the shelf-stable cream liqueur so often associated with spiked coffee and suggestive shooters—is the number one selling liqueur in the world. Leah Mennies on the strange appeal of the cream…
- story: Leah Mennies
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Five Drinks of the Bitter and Stirred Variety
Five new-age bitter riffs on everything from the Manhattan to the Old-Fashioned.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Averna Stout Flip
This boozy milkshake-like concoction is built on a base of heavy stout kicked up with amaro.
Bitters Unite: Campari Buys Averna
Italian spirits company Gruppo Campari announced its move to buy Sicilian bitters company Fratelli Averna for $143 million today according to Reuters. It is the first in a series of…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Averna Smash
Made at Spinasse in Seattle, this bittersweet concoction of Knob Creek bourbon, Averna amaro, walnut oil, and a muddled Amarena cherry and orange wheel is one of the aperitvi bar's…
Winter Waltz
Though winter weather is fleeting in New Orleans, French 75 Bar's Chris Hannah created a near-perfect winter foil with this whiskey-based spice bomb.
Flannel Shirt
Jeffrey Morgenthaler used the classic flavors of fall—apple, earth, spice and smoke—to create this fleecy, bone-warming drink.
Rhythm and Soul
The Rhythm and Soul is Greg Best’s composite sketch of a Manhattan and a Sazerac, as if the cocktails got into a tussle, made up and had a love child.
Autumn Sweater
The bittersweet lyrics of “Autumn Sweater,” from Yo La Tengo’s 1997 album, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, serve as the source material for this melancholy change-of-season shoegazer.
