Liquid Riot Launches Fernet Michaud – An 82 Proof Amaro Herb Bitters
27 Jan 2016 --- Liquid Riot Bottling Company officially announced the addition of Fernet Michaud to its lineup, strengthening the brand’s position as the most diverse brewing and distilling portfolio of Northern New England. Fernet Michaud is a 82 proof (41% abv) amaro (Italian for “bitter”) and is available in 750ml bottles.
Priced at $34.99, Fernet Michaud is available for purchase at Liquid Riot and through Maine’s Agency Liquor stores. Liquid Riot is located at 250 Commercial St., in Portland, Maine.
“Amaro is something I have dreamed of distilling since my wife and I journeyed across Europe together, before we had kids,” said Eric Michaud, Liquid Riot’s founder and owner. “Watching an older couple drink amaro after dinner in Bamberg, Germany, and seeing folks sitting at outside cafes in the narrow alleys of Venice sipping amaros, really struck a chord for me. The culture and the history behind it, the fact that this type of spirit has been produced for so long, has made its way around the globe, and is consumed by people of all ages, made me want to make something like that here in Portland.”
Fernet Michaud is infused with 22 herbs and botanicals over the course of 6 days and is then aged 3 months in Maine blueberry wine barrels. With earthy notes of bitter aloe, rhubarb and fennel, and a smooth palate and pleasant minty finish, Fernet Michaud is a true drinking bitter. Fernet Michaud is great as a digestive after a nice meal, sipped neat or on the rocks, or mixed in a craft-cocktail at home or at the bar.
