Cocktails and Liqueurs Flashcards
What is Campari? What is a common drink this is used in?
Campari is an alcoholic liqueur, considered an apéritif (20.5%, 21%, 24%, 25%, or 28.5% ABV, depending on the country in which it is sold), obtained from the infusion of herbs and fruit (including chinotto and cascarilla) in alcohol and water. It is a bitter characterised by its dark red colour.
Campari is often used in cocktails and is commonly served with soda water, wine, or citrus juice. It is produced by the Alfredo Campari Group, a multi-national company based in Italy.
It is used in the negroni. (Gin, cherries, campari, punt-e-mes)
What is Suze?
Suze is a bitter aperitif that has been produced in France since 1889. This liqueur is centered around the flavor from yellow gentian root. The wild gentian is harvested from the mountains of the Jura and Auvergne regians. Gentian root is the main ingredient in bitters and is the main culprit for the bitter properties. Other notable flavors are vanilla and candied orange. Gentian root has a long history of use as an herbal bitter and is an ingredient of many proprietary medicines. Bright yellow in color and similar to Campari in bitterness. Google Picasso’s “Verre et bouteille de Suze.”
What is Aperol?
Aperol is an Italian aperitif originally produced by the Barbieri company, based in Padua. Aperol is now produced by the Campari company. While Aperol was originally created in 1919, it did not become successful until after World War II.[1] Its ingredients are, among others, bitter orange, gentian, rhubarb, and cinchona.
Although it tastes and smells much like Campari, Aperol has an alcohol content of 11%—less than half of Campari. Aperol and Campari have the same sugar content. However, Aperol is milder and less bitter. Campari is also much darker in color.
