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The Fabled Pour

The back bar

Spirits encyclopedia

This is my back bar. Each entry says what a spirit is, which cocktails it belongs in, how to buy it and where the popular stories go wrong.

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  • amaro · bitters

    Amaro and the bitter liqueurs

    Roots, barks and peels steeped in spirit and sweetened until the bitterness becomes pleasure. Campari, Aperol, fernet and the alpine amari, the aperitivo and digestivo habits that made them, and the drinks they anchor.

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