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Spirits

Brad Thomas Parsons and a panel of experts taste though nearly 20 vintage amari spanning more than 50 years.

Blending existing bitters brands can offer depth and complexity to a variety of cocktails.

Dozens of brands are still competing to become the archetypal orange bitters.

How did the iconic label’s recipes—and “whack-job, world-unto-itself word mosaic”—come to be?

Three bartenders offer advice on how to use the smoky rabarbaro amaro in cocktails.

The author of Amaro chooses his must-haves, from alpine to rabarbaro to fernet and beyond.

Spirits

This diminutive Seattle bar oversees a collection of more than 180 bottles of amaro, aperitivo bitters and vermouth from around the world.

Places

Alec Jacobson cuts a path from Lombardia’s Braulio to Trentino’s Cappelletti to capture the landscape that informs Italy's alpine amari.

The odd, disco-era combination of Scotch and amaretto has become the source of a number of modern riffs.

Five recipes that double-down on the classic seasoner.

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