Select Aperitivo

Bitter cocktails are trending now, and Select Aperitivo, an Aperitif Liqueur from Italy, is perfect for lower alcohol cocktail creations as it is a mere 17% alcohol. Its vibrant red color creates attractive cocktails, and its balanced mélange of flavors of macerated rhubarb roots, juniper berries, and 30 other botanicals, pairs well with a variety of ingredients to create interesting cocktails. Select Aperitivo has been an Italian tradition since the Pilla Brothers created it in Venice in 1920. While you may not be jetting off to Italy this summer, you can take your palate there anytime you desire. Select Aperitivo is imported by Total Beverage Solution. Cheers!

Product Information: Select Aperitivo Liqueur was created by the Pilla Brothers in 1920 in Venice, Italy made from a secret blend of 30 botanicals. This award-winning liqueur earned 95 points in the Ultimate Spirits Challenge in 2019 – Chairman’s Trophy and earned a Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

“Select is low alcohol – 17.5%, enhanced by individually macerated rhubarb roots and juniper berries, composed of five notes – floral, grassy, citrusy, balsamic, and spicy – and sweet/bitter/delicious.”

Retail: $30/750 ml bottle. Produced by Montenegro S.R.L., Bologna, Italy. Imported by Total Beverage Solution, Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Bottle Notes: The bottle includes their recipe for how to create the “1920 Select Spritz Venezia.”

1920 Select Spritz Venezia
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass: Stemmed Wine Glass

1920 Select Spritz Venezia Ingredients:

Method: “Start with an effortlessly elegant, stemmed wine glass. Add ice, Select Aperitivo, Prosecco, and soda. Stir gently and garnish with one green olive.”

Tasting Notes: The color is Italian Titian red. On the nose, there are heady botanical notes with juniper berries awakening the senses. On the palate, there is an intriguing yet delicate balance of flavors of bitter and sweet, floral, and herbal notes. The flavors of the botanicals are big, bold, and balanced and serve as inspiration for a variety of cocktails or to serve over ice as an aperitif.

Luxury Experience was “In The Kitchen and Behind The Bar®” using Select Aperitivo to create two cocktail recipes, and a culinary recipe. With its rich flavor profile, the possibilities for how you to opt to drink or use it are endless.

Luxury Experience Cocktail and Culinary Menu

Luxury Experience – Big Red, The Italian Greyhound
Luxury Experience – Simply Summer
Luxury Experience – Pretty and Pink Frozen Yogurt

The Cocktail Recipes

Luxury Experience – Big Red The Italian Greyhound

Luxury Experience – Big Red, The Italian Greyhound
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass Used: Rocks Glass

Luxury Experience – Big Red, The Italian Greyhound is a delectable blend of Select Aperitivo, Steel 43 Vodka, and red grapefruit juice, and is garnished with fresh sage.

Cocktail Ingredients:

Method for the Cocktail: Add ingredients to a mixing glass. Stir to combine. Pour over an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with a sprig of fresh sage (or other herb) to play up the botanical notes of the Select Pilla Liqueur.

Luxury Experience – Simply Summer

Luxury Experience – Simply Summer
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass Used: Pint Glass

Luxury Experience – Simply Summer has two ingredients – homemade lemonade and Select Aperitivo. Garnish with edible flowers and a cocktail umbrella for fun in the sun in summer.

Cocktail Ingredients:

Method for the Cocktail: Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir to incorporate. Pour over ice filled pint glass. Garnish with edible flowers and a cocktail umbrella for fun.

Homemade Lemon Simple Syrup Ingredients

Method for the Simple Syrup: Add all ingredients to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil until liquid is clear. Set aside to let cool.

Pro-Tip: Lemon Simple Syrup keeps well in the refrigerator and can be used in cocktails, no-alcohol beverages, added to fresh fruit, or brushed over a cut cake layer before frosting it, for a moist and flavorful cake.

Homemade Lemonade Ingredients:

Method: Add lemon juice to a glass bottle, add water and homemade lemon simple syrup to taste, as everyone has their own preference of tartness or sweetness when it comes to lemonade.

The Culinary Recipe

Luxury Experience – Pretty & Pink Frozen Yogurt

Luxury Experience – Pretty and Pink Frozen Yogurt
Yield: Half Gallon

 Luxury Experience – Pretty and Pink is easy to make, easy to love. While (Edward) makes homemade Greek Yogurt, you can use store bought yogurt. With the tang of Greek Yogurt, and the botanicals of the Select Aperitivo, this frozen yogurt is a delectable, but not overly sweet, treat.

 Pretty and Pink Frozen Yogurt Ingredients:

Method for the Frozen Yogurt: Mix the yogurt, sweetened condensed milk, and 1-ounce of Select Aperitivo in a food processor and process until smooth. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

Place mixture in an ice cream maker, add the remaining 5-ounces of the Select Aperitivo and process.

Serving Suggestion: Scoop frozen yogurt into a parfait glass, drizzle a small amount of Select Aperitivo over the frozen yogurt, then add another scoop and garnish with the Amarena Cherry.

Until next time, cheers, its cocktail time!

For more information Select Aperitivo, please visit the website: https://selectaperitivo.com/

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