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Punt e Mes
Cocktails

Bringing it Back Bar: What to Do With Punt e Mes

In "Bringing It Back Bar," we shine a light on overlooked bottles and devise recipes to take them from back bar to front shelf. Up now: the bittersweet Italian vermouth,…

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  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Fratelli Branca
American Amaro Aperitivo Fernet
Places

Can America Make Great Italian-Style Bitters?

As Negronis and spritzes boom in popularity, so too has the market for bitter Italian aperitivo liqueurs and amari, so much so that domestic distillers are producing their own versions.…

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  • story: Megan Krigbaum
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
American Aperitivo Amaro Fernet
Places

A Guide to the Best American Amari and Aperitivi

Over the past few years, there’s been a mini-boom of American-made bitter liqueurs, which—despite being modeled after Italy's famous amari and bitter aperitivi—are largely unique. Here, a guide to seven…

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  • story: Megan Krigbaum
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
italian aperitivo in america
Cocktails

Italian Aperitivo Finds Its Footing in America

Italy's take on happy hour, aperitivo, is gaining steam in the U.S., where a number of bars are combining the Italian tradition of leisure with that of American drink-making. Here,…

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  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Angostura Bitters
Cocktails

What’s in a Dash, Anyway?

Seven years ago, bartender Don Lee set out to quantify one of the cocktail's immeasurable components, the dash—leading to his design for a standardized dasher top. Lizzie Munro on what…

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  • story: Lizzie Munro
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Jungle Bird Cocktail
Cocktails

The Second Coming of the Jungle Bird

Once a bitter outlier in the tiki canon, the Jungle Bird's growing popularity has given rise to a whole new catalogue of riffs on the original. Kara Newman on the…

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  • story: Kara Newman
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Dimmi
Cocktails

Bringing It Back Bar: What to Do With Dimmi

Every bar sports marginal bottles that elude even the most seasoned drink-makers. In "Bringing It Back Bar," we shine a light on overlooked bottles and devise recipes to take them…

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  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Dimmi
vintage chartreuse and vintage spirits collecting
Spirits

Inside the Booming Market for Vintage Spirits

In the last half-decade, the market for vintage spirits and liqueurs has expanded, so much so that old and rare bottles of whiskey, Cognac and Chartreuse are setting record prices…

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  • story: Bryce T. Bauer
  • photo: Troy Sidle
Bitter and stirred drinks
Cocktails

Five Drinks of the Bitter and Stirred Variety

Five new-age bitter riffs on everything from the Manhattan to the Old-Fashioned.

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  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
boom of bitter liqueurs us market
Cocktails

A New Boom of Italian Aperitivo Liqueurs

As Americans become increasingly thirsty for all things bitter and low-alcohol, a new crop of Italian aperitivo liqueurs has hit the U.S. market. Katie Parla on the history of these…

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  • story: Katie Parla
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
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