New Fernets in the San Francisco Chronicle

In the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday, December 18th, I have a story on the category of fernet.

Chronicle Fernets

Leopold Brothers has a modern formulation of fernet that should be hitting story shelves this Wednesday afternoon, and Tempus Fugit Spirits has a vintage recreation of fernet coming in the new year.

Leopld fernet(Photo by John Storey)

From the story:

While many people call for the bitter liqueur Fernet-Branca by the shorthand "Fernet," they should probably specify "Branca." Fernet is not a single product but a type of spirit, and its ranks are about to become more populated.

Angelico Fernet, from local importers Tempus Fugit Spirits of Novato, launches early next year, while Fernet Leopold, from Leopold Bros. of Denver, should be available this week. They join examples from Stock, Luxardo and R. Jelinek.

At the end of the story, there is a delicious cocktail from Darren Crawford of Bourbon & Branch  and Tony Nik's and Scott Brody of Per Diem. It contains fernet, Carpano vermouth, Domaine de Canton, lime juice, and ginger beer.

Go read it!

Eva perone cocktail
(Photo by Erick Wong)

Comments

8 responses to “New Fernets in the San Francisco Chronicle”

  1. SpiritedAlchemy Avatar

    I am excited to try that cocktail! And also hope to get my hands on Leopold Bros’ version of Fernet. I went to school in Ann Arbor, MI, where Leopold Bros. was once located. So as a once frequent consumer of their products, I put my trust in their hands when it comes to anything (especially their gin)!

  2. Christopher Avatar
    Christopher

    The Jelinek Fernet has been available here for a while, and tastes excellent to me. Thanks for the great article.

  3. AL B Avatar
    AL B

    The Eva Peron is very tasty and you get to do some Branca shots with the extra ginger beer!

  4. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    I’m interested in these new Fernets, though I must say my one non-Branca experiment (Luxardo) was quite a disappointment.

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