Amaro

Amaro is a broad category of Italian herbal liqueurs known for bittersweet flavor, botanical complexity, and notes that can range from orange peel and baking spice to mint, roots, coffee, or alpine herbs. In cocktails, amaro adds bitterness, sweetness, depth, and a distinctive herbal finish.

On this page, you’ll find cocktails with amaro, including spritzes, whiskey drinks, bitter stirred cocktails, and after-dinner recipes. Amaro cocktails work especially well with rye, bourbon, gin, citrus, sweet vermouth, coffee, soda water, and sparkling wine.