Ingredients
It is made from 27 herbs and other ingredients.
Colour
Dark brown
Bouquet
Has a coffee colored tint and intensely spiced aroma.
Taste
The fernet has a medium-plus fullness, a moderate sweetness and bitter finish.
Food Pairing
Amaros are designed to be enjoyed with dinner and, as a digestivo, Averna is an after-dinner drink. It can be drunk neat, though is most often served over ice.
Alcohol Content
40%
About the Brand
Fernet-Branca was created in 1845 by Bernardino Branca in Milan where it is still made today. It is made from a proprietary recipe of 27 different herbs, roots, and spices only some of which are disclosed. They include: aloe ferox, bitter orange, chamomile, cardamom, cinchona bark, cinnamon, galangal, gentian, iris, laurel, laraha, linden, myrrh, zedoary and saffron. It is aged in 15,000-20,000 liter Slovenian oak vats for at least a year.