Cynar
- Liqueurs
- Alcoholic
Cynar is an Italian artichoke amaro, created in 1949 and now produced by Campari. Its name echoes the artichoke (Cynara scolymus), whose leaves are steeped in a water-and-alcohol mixture together with other herbs and plants; the extract rests for at least a month and is then sweetened with sugar and caramel. The taste is bittersweet and herbal, with woody and caramel notes. It is sipped neat, over ice with soda, or in cocktails where it adds a bitter depth, as in the Rabo de Galo.
Strength: usually 16.5% ABV (legal minimum 15%).
Used in 1 cocktail.
Cocktails where it is essential (1)
Sources (6)
- Cynar Ricetta Originale Artichoke Amaro Liqueur (Difford's Guide) (opens in a new tab)
- Punch article on Cynar cocktails (low-ABV 16.5%, Cynar 70 launched 2015) (opens in a new tab)
- Cynar (Campari Academy, producer) (opens in a new tab)
- Cynar 70 cl, product information (Colruyt Group, Belgium) (opens in a new tab)
- Regulation (EU) 2019/787, Annex I (as adopted, legislation.gov.uk) (opens in a new tab)
- Cynar – Difford’s Guide (opens in a new tab)