Amari

Question 1

What is the signature ingredient of Zucca Rabarbaro Amaro?

Answer 1

• Rhubarb

Question 2

Gruppo Campari own which brand today?

Answer 2

• Campari
• Aperol
• Cynar (based on artichoke)
• Averna (from Sicily)
• Bràulio

Question 3

Where is coming from amaro Bràulio and what is the style?

Answer 3

• Valtellina region in northern Lombardy and was created by Francesco Peloni in 1875.
• flavors such as pine, spearmint (coming from Yarrow flower), and chamomile.
  It is aged for two years in Slavonian oak barrels, and a Riserva Speciale bottling is aged in smaller barrels and has a higher proof.

Question 4

Where is coming from Amaro Nonino Quintessentia and what is the style?

Answer 4

• made in Friuli, uses the Nonino family’s famous grappa as a base spirit.
• It is aged for five years in French barriques and used Sherry barrels.

The amaro has softer flavors, such as orange peel and burnt caramel, and is a key ingredient in several modern cocktails, including the Paper Plane.

Question 5

Where is coming from Cardamaro Amaro and what is the style?

Answer 5

• from Canelli, Piedmont, has been made by the Bosca family, using Moscato wine, since 1820.

-This lighter amaro is based on cardoon, a thistle related to the artichoke and one of the principal ingredients.

Question 6

Where is coming from Cappelletti Amaro and what is the style?

Answer 6

• from Trentino-Alto Adige, is based on a recipe from the 1920s, using dry marsala wine.

Question 7

Explain what is a fernet

Answer 7

• Fernet is a style of amaro that is typically higher in alcohol, with less sweetness and more aggressive bitterness, including medicinal flavors, such as aloe, myrrh, and mint.
• The most iconic brand, Fernet-Branca, was founded in Milan by Bernardino Branca in 1845. It was prescribed as an anti-choleric at hospitals in Milan and sold at pharmacies in Italy until the 1930s, and it was available for medicinal purposes during Prohibition in the United States.

Question 8

Who created the first modern vermouth in Turin in 1786?

Answer 8

• Antonio Benedetto Carpano

Question 9

What is the average pH level of a Amaro?

Answer 9

• Between 4 and 5

Question 10

Name some botanicals used for Amaro

Answer 10

• Yarrow
• Aloe leaf
• Wormwood
• Gentian root
• Chinese Rhubarb
• Artichoke leaf

Question 11

Name an Amari brand that use a base of Dry Marsala?

Answer 11

• Elisir Novasalus in Trento, an Alpine amaro with 30 botanicals

Question 12

Sfumato Rabarbaro, Alta Verde and Elisir Novasalus is owned by which family?

Answer 12

• Cappelletti in Trentino Alto Adige

Question 13

Where is produced Amaro al Tartufo Nero di Norcia and Amaro Vallenera? What is the special ingredient?

Answer 13

• Umbria
• Norcia black truffle

Question 14

What is the the distinct liquor produced in Abruzzi?

Answer 14

• Centerba liqueur
  Originated with Benedictine monks at the Abbey of San Clemente

Question 15

What is the popular brand of Amaro in Sicily? What are the known ingredients?

Answer 15

• Averna
• Orange peel and Pomegranate

Question 16

Name the most reknown German Amaro

Answer 16

• Underberg
• Sold in the seven once bottle

Question 17

What is the Brazilian version of Underberg?

Answer 17

• Brasilberg

Question 18

Where the Fernet-Vallet is coming from?

Answer 18

• Mexico
• less mentol, but more spicy than Fernet-Branca

Question 19

Name an Amaro made in Chicago

Answer 19

• Amaro Cinpatrazzo
• Sweetened with midwestern honey and infused with Arugula, sage, mint

Question 20

What is the world highest distillery?

Answer 20

• Breckenridge in Colorado (2700 meters)
• produce a botanical bitter, based on Génépy

Question 21

Name a cocktail that required Amaro

Answer 21

• Paper Plane
• 3/4 Bourbon
• 3/4 Aperol
• 3/4 Amaro
• 3/4 lemon juice