Amaro Averna Italian Bitter Liqueur, 70 cl

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With its well-balanced blend of sweet and bitter notes, Amaro Averna stands out as a symbol of Italian craftsmanship and passion for producing exceptional liqueurs. Perfect after a meal with plenty of ice and a slice of lemon, but I also like it as an afternoon drink sitting in the garden. Please use this section to instruct your driver on a specific place to leave the package(s) if the recipient is out, such as ‘If out leave with neighbour’. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Discover more about “Made in Italy”, a label synonymous throughout the world with refined materials, attention to detail, and creativity. In the Amaro Averna different Mediterranean herbs are mixed together and result in a harmonious herbal liqueur.Averna has a mouth-coating and bittersweet taste, carrying hints of orange and licorice, balanced with notes of myrtle, juniper berries, rosemary, and sage. The label on every Averna bottle is quite interesting, filled with medallions, crests, and phrases in Italian.

Traditional herbal medicine was cultivated in the monastery, so according to the manufacturer, the use of Mediterranean herbs is typical for the recipe. One of our responsibilities is to ensure we do not sell age-restricted products online to people who are under the minimum legal age.However, you can also accept or reject further cookies at any time or specify which of these cookies you would like to agree to. If the intensity of taste and smell is right, the mixture is reduced to drinking strength and bottled. Content on this site is not intended to substitute for advice given by medical practitioner, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. The drink Averna, originally produced in a monastery, was already perfected with Mediterranean herbs.

Its captivating herbal flavour makes it one of the most approachable high-quality amaro made in Sicily, with a full body and smooth extremely pleasant taste for every moment of the day.A deep brown spirit with a citrus and herbal nose, Averna has a soft and unmistakable bittersweet taste. The label has changed a bit over the years, but one of the newer labels includes an Italian statement directly under "Amaro Siciliano" and above Salvatore Averna's signature. Here, following an ancient tradition born in the fortified Benedictine abbeys and spread to Europe through the Cluniac and Cistercian monasteries, the monks produced an elixir of herbs that was pleasant despite being "bitter", and was popularly thought to possess tonic and therapeutic properties. In 1912 Vittorio Emanuele III granted the Averna Company the right to affix the royal crest on the label of their liquor with the words "Patent of the Royal House": the Averna Company became supplier to the royal household. Averna Riserva Don Salvatore was released in 2018 to celebrate the brand's 150th anniversary, this is an aged expression of Averna.