best averna cocktail wins a trip to sicily + $1500
is it me or are cocktail competitions all the rage right now? here’s another one and it’s a goodie. sponsored by our magazine god, IMBIBE, and italy’s number one selling spirit: AVERNA, founded in 1854. italy is the most beautiful country i have ever visited, and i hear that sicily is the most beautiful part of italy. (not quite sure how anything could top Cinque Terra though.) even though my trip was over a decade ago, i’ll never forget it’s amazing shopping, plentiful museums, sinful food, top notch wines, coffee to die for, bad pizza with no cheese, beautiful women with mopeds, and overly persistent men. not in any particular order. i don’t remember AMARO – too busy guzzling wine i guess. boy did i miss out… this little known spirit in the US, is really tasty. not too sweet, not too bitter. not too harsh, very smooth and quite pleasant. it’s good stuff! if you’re unfamiliar with AVERNA (a brand of AMARO,) read this here. craig camp wrote an excellent post in which he professes his undying love for AVERNA. also, TEA LEAVES offers a good read on the subject as well. for recipe inspiration, check out some cocktails from MOTAC & BOSTON COCKTAILS and get to work! deadline is march 1st.
enter the AVERNA COCKTAIL CONTEST
Also check out this amaro tasting post — I wish I’d been part of it!
http://tleaves.com/2005/03/31/amari-tasting-part-1/
Comment by Cynthia Closkey — December 21, 2007 @ 6:08 am
why thank you cindy : )
Comment by gwen — December 21, 2007 @ 8:29 am
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