Five Italian Fernets Worth Trying! Master Your Glass

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thumbs up if you tried a Fernet before! 👍

[@matthewesposito910]

A like for the buzz. Keep up the great work. Cheers!

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thanks!!!

[@TheHomeBartenderwithAnn]

Ok, yes! We are on the same page my friend. I am on a kick with amaro's and I love Fernet, and your jokes! Excellent video tasting today. I gotta get caught up on your vid's.

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thanks for watching Ann! I appreciate you stopping by! I specialize in Dad jokes and love Fernet.

[@knashville]

Fernet is such an amazing spirit. So many great options to choose from. Branca has a special place in my heart but I also love Meletti and Jelenik.

[@MasterYourGlass]

Awesome Sam. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you had a great thanksgiving

[@parkersmithphoto]

Meletti and rye makes a delicious cocktail. Everyone I make a drink for whips out their phone and takes a picture of the Meletti label. I'm on my second bottle and it is delicious stuff. Amaro CioCiaro is also quite nice around the same price.

[@knashville]

@@parkersmithphoto specs for the drink?

[@MasterYourGlass]

@@parkersmithphoto Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers!

[@parkersmithphoto]

@@knashville I think this is called a Black Manhattan. Try 1:1 with Meletti and rye, a dash of bitters and a cherry or orange slice. Add more rye to taste. Usually stir it on ice and then strain it, I don't like it to get too watered down.

[@OneDrinkThreeBars]

Great video! Very cool to hear about these lesser known types of fernet. I have only had Fernet Branca.

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thanks for watching! Happy you liked the video!

[@Bushrod121]

Great video and love the Vespa wall art! Give Don Fernet from Don Ciccio in Washington, DC a try. It's really good!

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thank you! I have tried it and thought it was great! Thanks for watching!

[@poltergeistx]

Definitely want to try Francoli someday!

[@MasterYourGlass]

It was good! Thanks for watching!

[@carl_busch]

I am not to familiar with a lot of different fernets. Thanks for all the great info.

[@MasterYourGlass]

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@ChappysTikiBar]

Looks great 😎

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thanks 🙏

[@ianholmes6078]

Watched this video while sipping a glass of Appalachian Fernet. I can only buy Fernet Branca here in Canada, but this video makes me want to try my hand at making a homemade version!

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thanks for commenting. That would be so cool and aside from a handful of “traditional” fernet herbs you can make it your way.

[@Polytheiser]

This was very helpful! as I'm searching for a Fernet for my Bar rn, not liking Fernet Branca bc of its Mint Note, so I now want to get the Francoli :)

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thanks for watching. Francoli was delicious!

[@Manuela.chArlotteCc]

"SOPRA uno spuntino veloce, SOPRA un pranzo impegnativo, SOPRA una buona cena: SOPRATTUTTO, un Fernet BRANCA!". 🥃🖤

[@MasterYourGlass]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MasterYourAsh]

Great video brother, the ole handshake 👐

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thanks!

[@shnhkn1]

Hello. it's again very instructive and beneficial video. A question what about jagermeister or becherovka? are these also type of fernet?

[@MasterYourGlass]

Thanks for stopping by. Both of those are herbal liqueurs that could be considered category relatives to Fernet. But they are sweeter in style and have different style of recipes that make them taste different to Fernets.

[@jonathanfranklin461]

Great video - I am new to the channel, but went back to watch the Amaro and Aperitif/Bitters/Amaro video. In thinking about the medicinal side of amari and fernets, do you distinguish between the heavy menthol ones and the less menthol ones, or do they all just remain on the same continuum, whether Nardini, Novasalus, or Alta Verde? It would be great to see more dialing into each of these zones and even what makes Braulio not a Fernet? Is it purely the label, or could you have a blind test and sort the alpine amari from the fernets by taste? If so, what distinguishes them from each other?

[@MasterYourGlass]

I absolutely love where your heads at. It might take me a few months but I will do a video with more dialing. To answer your question in short I believe the medicinal style is further broken down into 3 subcategories (minimum). One is Alpine (but I prefer to call them mountainous because other mountains that are not the alps produce similar flavors. The second is Fernet; and the third is “all other” unsweetened amari. When you then breakdown each of those three you distinguish them from least to most pronounced in their respective characteristics (I.e menthol in Fernets; herbal in alpine). I hope I answered your question. Lmk if I did. Thanks for watching!

[@jonathanfranklin461]

@@MasterYourGlass I think a video on your youth, terroir, and rucolino would be great too. For example, was arugula a major part of your diet growing up, so you are attuned to that peppery taste? What aspects of an amaro evoke 'home' for the drinker other than loyalty? For a new world drinker, it is not as if St. Agrestis evokes Brooklyn and C3 evokes DC.

[@MasterYourGlass]

@@jonathanfranklin461 Love that Jonathan!

[@SwissMarksman]

Did you know that they for a short time also produced Fernet Branca in southern Switzerland, where the Italian part is? There was a bottle once for auction at the internet & it was around 200$.

[@MasterYourGlass]

I did not know that! That cool. I would love to get my hands on a bottle and see what it tastes like!

[@SwissMarksman]

@@MasterYourGlass Yeah me too. It's from 50's I think. It was online for a week & then I never saw it again. The seller either gave it up or someone else got his lucky hands on :). Eitherway I'll let you know if it's up again.

[@MasterYourGlass]

@@SwissMarksman Thanks 🙏

[@knashville]

GRAPE based alcohol? I always assumed it was NGS.

[@MasterYourGlass]

Actually both brother. Good call

[@knashville]

@@MasterYourGlass Thank you for sharing this!

[@1988MaxVivas]

You could try the Italian Branca and the Argentinian Branca and tell us their differences (If they have some) Lots of myths about those two lines …

[@MasterYourGlass]

That would be such an Interesting tasting to do. I’ll be in Italy in July to get the Italian one but need to figure out how to get the argentina one