Tag: Fernet

Brooklyn’s Faccia Brutto Makes Delicious Old World Italian Spirits

The distillery focuses on organic ingredients and classic aesthetics to deliver a quality product

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Italian spirits have undergone a renaissance in the US. Though many Italian distillers have sought a Denominazione di origine controllata (D.O.C.) for numerous amaro styles, which would restrict the official category to Italy (like Champagne in France), many spirits producers across the US try their hand at making bitter botanical spirits. There are several distilleries in Brooklyn alone making high-quality fernet, aperitivi, and amari. Faccia …

A Dreamy Journey Through an Undulating Rainbow

Per La Mente explores the Oakland Museum of California invites viewers into a meditative technicolor wonderland

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Open the doors to the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)’s Great Hall and you are enveloped in near-total darkness: a wide tunnel-like walkway with a pulsating color show glimmering on a screen at the opposite end. It’s a little daunting, this darkness, but then you notice the soft hum of ambient sound filling the space, a meditative force propelling you forward. So you walk to …

Drink Fernet with a Sixth-Generation Branca

Discover how these rare vintages are used in cocktails through Per La Mente

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Inside Fernet-Branca’s cozy speakeasy, with access granted thanks to the brand’s must-visit lifestyle and cultural destination Per La Mente, all mahogany bars and soft leather seating rise between floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. Italian tunes from the 1960s commit the space to its retro vibe and throwback ads line the walls for eye candy. There are themed cocktails for sipping, and Edoardo Branca for answers—he’s the sixth-generation Branca …