Cocktails with Italicus liqueur
Italicus is a floral liqueur built on bergamot and other botanicals, with a bright citrus-herbal character.
ABV20%
Substitutes for Italicus liqueur
Bergamot on a light sweet base, and bergamot alone is hard to buy. Anything that stands in gets the citrus and misses the floral-herbal half, so add that from somewhere else.
Often confused with
A citrus liqueur with strong Earl Grey
The bergamot comes from the tea rather than the bottle, and add half a barspoon at a time and taste: the tea takes the drink into tannin quickly.
Citrus sweetness of the same lightness, without the floral-herbal side; same measure, and the drink comes out simpler and more lemony.
Description
Built on bergamot and cedro citrus from Calabria and Sicily, with chamomile, lavender and gentian behind them — which is why it reads as a citrus liqueur that keeps going after the citrus stops. Bergamot is the same fruit that scents Earl Grey, and anyone who knows that tea will recognize the bottle immediately. At 20% it is a modifier, and its sugar is high enough that a drink taking a full measure rarely needs syrup as well.
