Fernet-Branca

Fernet Branca is a bitter ( " Amaro " ) from Italy, which was first produced in 1845 in Milan by the Italian Maria Scala, married Branca, as a stomach medicine. Since then, the Fratelli Branca distillery Srl the drink according to a secret family recipe with 27 herbs from five continents ago. According to the manufacturer Fernet Branca includes, inter alia, Aloe from South Africa, rhubarb from China, gentian from France, Galanga from India or Sri Lanka, chamomile from Italy and Argentina, saffron, myrrh and elderflower. It is aged at least one year in oak barrels. The alcohol content is 39 and 40 % in Italy and Austria 43% Vol He is like other bitters attributed to a verdauungsfördende effect.

Fernet Branca is drunk pure ( as a digestive ), on ice or as a long drink.

From the same manufacturer is also a sweeter, strong pfefferminzhaltiger Bitter - Brancamenta - offered.

Built in a disused, early 20th century for the production of Fernet Branca, factory in Saint -Louis in Basel is located since 2004, the Espace d'Art Contemporain Fernet Branca.