Cocktails with Anisette liqueur
Anisette is a colourless, sweetened anise-flavoured liqueur consumed chiefly in Mediterranean countries.
ABVaround 30%(class legal minimum 15%)
Taste profile
Dominated by sweet aniseed, with a full, sugary body and a clean anise aroma.
How it's used
Contributing a sweet, aromatic anise accent, it is dosed in small measures where the anise identity is the point of the drink; because the flavour is strong, it is commonly diluted with water or poured over ice rather than served neat.
Substitutes for Anisette liqueur
As a small aromatic accent the anise note can be borrowed from another anise-based product; if a drier anise spirit is used in its place the missing sweetness must be rebuilt with sugar or simple syrup. A non-anise ingredient cannot stand in, as the anise aroma is the defining character.
