Digestive Bitters
Digestive bitters are typically consumed either neat (unadulterated) or with ice at the end of a meal in many European and South American countries. Some, like Fernet Branca or Campari, are regularly used in cocktails, as well.
Some brands of digestive bitters available today are:
- Alomo Bitters (Ghana)
- Appenzeller Alpenbitter (Switzerland)
- Amargo Vallet (Mexico)
- Amaro Cora (Italy)
- Amaro Erbes (Italy)
- Amaro Jannamico (Italy)
- Amaro Lucano (similar to Unicum, but only 30% alcohol rather than 40% from Italy)
- Amaro Montenegro (Italy)
- Amer Picon (France)
- Amaro Quintessentia
- Angostura
- Aperol (orange, less bitter than Campari, from Italy)
- Araucano (Chile)
- Arnbitter (Denmark)
- Averna (Italy)
- Balsam (Eastern Europe)
- Bäska Snaps med Malört (Pontalier, France)
- Becherovka (Czech Republic)
- Beerenburg (Netherlands)
- Bitters, Old Men (United States) Restorative Tonic
- Boonekamp's (various brands from the Netherlands, its country of origin, and from Germany)
- Borsci San Marzano
- Calisaya (cinchona calisaya and Seville orange extract-based liqueur - USA)
- Cappellano Chinato (Italy)
- Campari (Italy)
- Carpano Antica
- China Martini, China Stemmi (Calisaya bitters from Turin, Italy)
- Cio Ciare (Italy)
- Cocchi Chinato (Italy)
- Cock Drops (Cyprus)
- Collins Orange (US)
- Cynar (artichoke-based liqueur from Italy)
- Demänovka (Slovak Republic)
- Echt Stonsdorfer (originally from Silesia, now made in Germany, imitations from other German producers are available under the name Stonsdorfer)
- Fernet Branca (Italy)
- Fernet Stock (Czech Republic)
- Fernet 1882 (Córdoba (Argentina))
- Gammel Dansk (Denmark)
- Wódka Żołądkowa Gorzka (Poland)
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- Gran Classico Bitter (Switzerland)
- Hoppe Orange (Holland)
- Jägermeister (Germany)
- Killepitsch
- Kuemmerling (Germany)
- Lauterbacher Tropfen (Germany)
- Licor Beirão (Portugal)
- Luxardo Amaro
- Luxardo Bitters (somewhat similar to Campari)
- Luxardo Fernet
- Marcarini Chinato
- Meletti
- Nardini Amaro
- Nijmeegs Neutje, a kruidenbitter available only in Nijmegen (in the Netherlands)
- Par-D-Schatz (Germany)
- Pelinkovac (Croatia)
- Pimm's No. 1
- Quinquina (from France, originally from South America)
- Ramazzotti (Italy)
- Ratzeputz (Germany)
- Riga Black Balsam (Latvia)
- Riemerschmid Angostura (Germany)
- Santa Maria al Monte Amaro (Italy)
- Schrobbeler (From southern Netherlands)
- Schwartzhog (Germany)
- St. Vitus, (Germany)
- Sirop de Picon (France)
- Sommer (from Alsace)
- Suze (France)
- Swedish bitters
- Tilus, l'amaro al tartufo, truffle liqueur (from San Marino)
- Torani brand Amer
- Underberg (sometimes sold in health food stores, Germany)
- Unicum (Hungary)
- Urban Moonshine (USA)
- Versinthe La Blanche (an absinthe bitters from France)
- Vlahovac (Croatia)
- Wurzelpeter and Wurzelpeter Bitter Orange (from Germany)
- Weisflog Bitter (Switzerland)
- Zucca (rhubarb bitter from Italy)
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