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It is very popular in [[Argentina]], where it was introduced by Italians during the [[Great European immigration wave to Argentina|Great European immigration wave to the country]].<ref name="dia">{{cite web |url=http://www.diaadia.com.ar/cordoba/todo-lo-que-hay-que-saber-sobre-fernet|title=Todo lo que hay que saber sobre el fernet|last1=Petovel|first1=Pablo|date=1 January 2013|language=Spanish|publisher=''Día a Día''. Contenidos Mediterráneos|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> It is particularly associated with [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba Province]], which has been called "the world fernet capital"; almost 3 million litres are consumed there annually, representing just under 30 percent of national consumption.<ref name="vos">{{cite web |url=http://vos.lavoz.com.ar/comer-y-beber/eligieron-el-mejor-fernet-de-argentina-y-no-es-el-que-estas-pensando|title=Eligieron el mejor fernet de Argentina y no es el que estás pensando|last1=Marchetti|first1=Nicolás |date=15 October 2015|language=Spanish|publisher=''[[La Voz del Interior]]''. Clarín Group|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> National production is around 25 million liters, 35% sold in [[Buenos Aires Province]] and the [[Autonomous City of Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/06/02/conexiones/t-988028.htm |newspaper=Clarín |title=El fenómeno fernet |language=Spanish |accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Clarín |url=http://www.ieco.clarin.com/notas/2008/02/11/01603486.html |title=Los argentinos vuelven al vermouth y al whisky importado |language=Spanish}}</ref> [[Fratelli Branca]] is by far the most popular brand in the country, leading the market and reaching a "mythical" status.<ref name="cola">{{cite web |url=http://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudadanos/branca-reconoce-que-mezcla-fernet-con-coca-nacio-cordoba|title=EBranca reconoce que la mezcla de fernet con Coca nació en Córdoba|date=3 May 2013|language=Spanish|publisher=''[[La Voz del Interior]]''. Clarín Group|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> Other popular brands include 1882, Capri, Ramazzotti and Vittone.<ref name="vos"/> Fernet is commonly mixed with [[Coca-Cola]], a drink commonly known as "Fernandito" or simply "Fernola".<ref name="cola"/><ref name=Rathbun2009>{{cite book |last1=Rathbun |first1=A. J. |title=Dark Spirits: 200 Classy Concoctions Starring Bourbon, Brandy, Scotch, Whiskey, Rum and More |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hKgGjgbfhaUC&pg=PA207 |year=2009 |publisher=Harvard Common Press |isbn=978-1-55832-427-5 |page=207}}</ref> The massively popular drink (Fernet-Cola) was invented during the mid-1980s in Córdoba, encouraged by an advertisement by Fratelli Branca, and spread to Buenos Aires during the 1990s, its popularity growing steadily ever since.<ref name="brando">{{cite web |url=http://www.conexionbrando.com/1387961-fernet-una-historia-de-amor-argentina|title=Fernet: una historia de amor argentina|last1=Vecino|first1=Diego |publisher=Conexión Brando. [[La Nación]]|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> In fact, fernet has had the highest growth in consumption in the last 10 years.<ref name="dia"/> The popularity of fernet is so strong, that many bars in Buenos Aires have removed it from their menus to encourage consumption of more expensive drinks.<ref name="dia"/>
It is very popular in [[Argentina]], where it was introduced by Italians during the [[Great European immigration wave to Argentina|Great European immigration wave to the country]].<ref name="dia">{{cite web |url=http://www.diaadia.com.ar/cordoba/todo-lo-que-hay-que-saber-sobre-fernet|title=Todo lo que hay que saber sobre el fernet|last1=Petovel|first1=Pablo|date=1 January 2013|language=Spanish|publisher=''Día a Día''. Contenidos Mediterráneos|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> It is particularly associated with [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba Province]], which has been called "the world fernet capital"; almost 3 million litres are consumed there annually, representing just under 30 percent of national consumption.<ref name="vos">{{cite web |url=http://vos.lavoz.com.ar/comer-y-beber/eligieron-el-mejor-fernet-de-argentina-y-no-es-el-que-estas-pensando|title=Eligieron el mejor fernet de Argentina y no es el que estás pensando|last1=Marchetti|first1=Nicolás |date=15 October 2015|language=Spanish|publisher=''[[La Voz del Interior]]''. Clarín Group|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> National production is around 25 million liters, 35% sold in [[Buenos Aires Province]] and the [[Autonomous City of Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/06/02/conexiones/t-988028.htm |newspaper=Clarín |title=El fenómeno fernet |language=Spanish |accessdate=2014-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Clarín |url=http://www.ieco.clarin.com/notas/2008/02/11/01603486.html |title=Los argentinos vuelven al vermouth y al whisky importado |language=Spanish |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214124444/http://www.ieco.clarin.com:80/notas/2008/02/11/01603486.html |archivedate=2008-02-14 |df= }}</ref> [[Fratelli Branca]] is by far the most popular brand in the country, leading the market and reaching a "mythical" status.<ref name="cola">{{cite web |url=http://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudadanos/branca-reconoce-que-mezcla-fernet-con-coca-nacio-cordoba|title=EBranca reconoce que la mezcla de fernet con Coca nació en Córdoba|date=3 May 2013|language=Spanish|publisher=''[[La Voz del Interior]]''. Clarín Group|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> Other popular brands include 1882, Capri, Ramazzotti and Vittone.<ref name="vos"/> Fernet is commonly mixed with [[Coca-Cola]], a drink commonly known as "Fernandito" or simply "Fernola".<ref name="cola"/><ref name=Rathbun2009>{{cite book |last1=Rathbun |first1=A. J. |title=Dark Spirits: 200 Classy Concoctions Starring Bourbon, Brandy, Scotch, Whiskey, Rum and More |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hKgGjgbfhaUC&pg=PA207 |year=2009 |publisher=Harvard Common Press |isbn=978-1-55832-427-5 |page=207}}</ref> The massively popular drink (Fernet-Cola) was invented during the mid-1980s in Córdoba, encouraged by an advertisement by Fratelli Branca, and spread to Buenos Aires during the 1990s, its popularity growing steadily ever since.<ref name="brando">{{cite web |url=http://www.conexionbrando.com/1387961-fernet-una-historia-de-amor-argentina|title=Fernet: una historia de amor argentina|last1=Vecino|first1=Diego |publisher=Conexión Brando. [[La Nación]]|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref> In fact, fernet has had the highest growth in consumption in the last 10 years.<ref name="dia"/> The popularity of fernet is so strong, that many bars in Buenos Aires have removed it from their menus to encourage consumption of more expensive drinks.<ref name="dia"/>


The drink has been popular in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] since before [[Prohibition]].<ref name="sfweekly" /> In 2008, San Francisco accounted for 25% of US consumption.<ref>{{Cite journal | url = http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/bitters | title = The Bitter Beginning: Learning to love a bracing Italian liqueur | first = Wayne | last = Curtis | journal = [[The Atlantic]] |date=November 2008}}</ref> San Francisco bars usually serve fernet as a [[Shooter (mixed drink)|shot]] followed by a [[ginger ale]] chaser.<ref name="sfweekly" />
The drink has been popular in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] since before [[Prohibition]].<ref name="sfweekly" /> In 2008, San Francisco accounted for 25% of US consumption.<ref>{{Cite journal | url = http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/bitters | title = The Bitter Beginning: Learning to love a bracing Italian liqueur | first = Wayne | last = Curtis | journal = [[The Atlantic]] |date=November 2008}}</ref> San Francisco bars usually serve fernet as a [[Shooter (mixed drink)|shot]] followed by a [[ginger ale]] chaser.<ref name="sfweekly" />

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Fernet (Italian pronunciation: [ferˈnɛt]) is an Italian type of amaro, a bitter, aromatic spirit. Fernet is made from a number of herbs and spices which vary according to the brand, but usually include myrrh, rhubarb, chamomile, cardamom, aloe, and especially saffron,[1] with a base of grape distilled spirits, and colored with caramel coloring.

Fernet is usually served as a digestif after a meal but may also be served with coffee and espresso or mixed into coffee and espresso drinks. It typically contains 45% alcohol by volume. It may be served at room temperature or with ice.


Popularity

Fernet-Cola, a massively popular drink in Argentina

It is very popular in Argentina, where it was introduced by Italians during the Great European immigration wave to the country.[2] It is particularly associated with Córdoba Province, which has been called "the world fernet capital"; almost 3 million litres are consumed there annually, representing just under 30 percent of national consumption.[3] National production is around 25 million liters, 35% sold in Buenos Aires Province and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.[4][5] Fratelli Branca is by far the most popular brand in the country, leading the market and reaching a "mythical" status.[6] Other popular brands include 1882, Capri, Ramazzotti and Vittone.[3] Fernet is commonly mixed with Coca-Cola, a drink commonly known as "Fernandito" or simply "Fernola".[6][7] The massively popular drink (Fernet-Cola) was invented during the mid-1980s in Córdoba, encouraged by an advertisement by Fratelli Branca, and spread to Buenos Aires during the 1990s, its popularity growing steadily ever since.[8] In fact, fernet has had the highest growth in consumption in the last 10 years.[2] The popularity of fernet is so strong, that many bars in Buenos Aires have removed it from their menus to encourage consumption of more expensive drinks.[2]

The drink has been popular in the San Francisco Bay Area since before Prohibition.[1] In 2008, San Francisco accounted for 25% of US consumption.[9] San Francisco bars usually serve fernet as a shot followed by a ginger ale chaser.[1]

Cocktails

Fernet can be mixed into cocktails, though the strong taste can overwhelm other ingredients. It can replace bitters in recipes; for instance, the Fanciulli cocktail is a Manhattan with fernet instead of Angostura bitters.[10]

The chef Fergus Henderson offers a recipe, entitled both "A Miracle" and "Dr. Henderson" that approximates Branca Menta by combining two parts fernet with one part crème de menthe over ice. The recipe describes this cocktail as a cure for overindulgence.[11]

Fernet receives a mention in the novel Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.[a]

In The Sopranos Season 1 Episode 5 "College" the character Carmela Soprano tells her priest that she was "having a little fernet. It settles the system." .[12]

It forms the titular subject of James Hamilton-Paterson's 2004 novel of Tuscany expatriate life, Cooking with Fernet Branca [13]

In the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth remembers himself sitting in Florence, Italy drinking a Fernet Branca.[14]

Fernet Branca (as Fernet-Branca) is mentioned in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.[b]

Fernet was reported to be the favorite drink of 2007 U.S. Open (golf) winner Ángel Cabrera.[15]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Silence while he stared at a shelf that held the humbler poisons of France—bottles of Otard, Rhum St. James, Marie Brizzard, Punch Orangeade, Andre Fernet Blanco, Cherry Rochet, and Armagnac."
  2. ^ "Hobie had an iron constitution; whenever he came down with anything himself, he drank a Fernet-Branca and kept going."

References

  1. ^ a b c Cavalieri, Nate (2005-12-07). "The Myth of Fernet". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c Petovel, Pablo (1 January 2013). "Todo lo que hay que saber sobre el fernet" (in Spanish). Día a Día. Contenidos Mediterráneos. Retrieved 20 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b Marchetti, Nicolás (15 October 2015). "Eligieron el mejor fernet de Argentina y no es el que estás pensando" (in Spanish). La Voz del Interior. Clarín Group. Retrieved 20 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "El fenómeno fernet". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  5. ^ "Los argentinos vuelven al vermouth y al whisky importado". Clarín (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-02-14. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b "EBranca reconoce que la mezcla de fernet con Coca nació en Córdoba" (in Spanish). La Voz del Interior. Clarín Group. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Rathbun, A. J. (2009). Dark Spirits: 200 Classy Concoctions Starring Bourbon, Brandy, Scotch, Whiskey, Rum and More. Harvard Common Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-55832-427-5.
  8. ^ Vecino, Diego. "Fernet: una historia de amor argentina". Conexión Brando. La Nación. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ^ Curtis, Wayne (November 2008). "The Bitter Beginning: Learning to love a bracing Italian liqueur". The Atlantic.
  10. ^ Felten, Eric (2009-01-03). "Making Bitter Fernet-Branca Much Easier to Swallow". Wall Street Journal.
  11. ^ Henderson, Fergus (April 2004). The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating. Ecco. ISBN 0-06-058536-6.
  12. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/fernet-the-best-liquor-youre-still-not-yet-drinking/250381/
  13. ^ Michael Dibdin (19 June 2004). "Strange brew". The Guardian.
  14. ^ Watercutter, Angela (2012-07-20). "9 Unintentional Dark Knight Rises Lessons". Wired.
  15. ^ Shipnuck, Alan (2009-04-20). "Angel Cabrera emerged from a drama-filled final round at the Masters with his second major title". Golf.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
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