Liquore delle Sirene, Artigianale Bitter winback summer 2020 1 1/2 ounces Laird's Applejack

1 1/2 ounces Laird's Applejack or other apple brandy

and cloves

Serve it in a proper wine glass

at a fraction of the usual ask

and subtle spice

Liquore delle Sirene, Artigianale Bitter winback summer 2020 1 1/2 ounces Laird's ApplejackThe red bitter in your Negroni is almost always made by an enormous company. This one isn't. Liquore delle Sirene works on a small, artisanal scale in Italy, steeping botanicals into a bitter liqueur built for the aperitivo hour rather than the mass market. The structure is the whole trick: sweet on entry, firmly bitter on the finish, which is what makes a bitter liqueur sharpen the appetite instead of ending the meal. Use it exactly where you'd use