Amaro Montenegro

My new thing when going to an Italian restaurant is to order an Amaro after dinner in place of the traditional coffee and cake. I grew up in an Italian family and I never understood why they would drink coffee after dinner. It’s time to sleep after dinner. Enter the after dinner dram. At the time I tried this, it was a new category for me. Lot of folks said this was a good place to start, and if only ever had Monte in cocktails (where admittedly, it does shine). Neat, I was less impressed. Some nice notes of cocoa and hazelnut, but the bitterness seemed to overpower those flavors a tad too much while also coming across watery. I’m all ears for good cocktail recipes using this bottle, but I think it may not be a good after dinner sipper. I rather enjoyed Cynar for that role, but there’s also a nice Limoncello or Amaretto for that purpose too. Cheers!