Angeleno is LA's answer to the exploding Amaro scene. The Italian culture of drinking bitter liqueurs is centuries old. Since at least the early 1700s, distillers across the Apennine peninsula have carefully guarded their secret recipes, usually traced back to some famous monastery, often promising good health, strong loins, or long life. Using both local and exotic ingredients they created something truly unique to place. In that image, Amaro Angeleno was created to be a true product of terroir, inspired by those that came before, but distinct from any other Amaro on the market. A true Amaro of place, Angeleno is not a recreation of any Italian style Amaro, but instead a function of its own local culture and tradition. The proprietary process involves distilling local wine, hand harvesting fresh herbs from local farms, selecting the finest exotic botanicals, fresh Southern California grown oranges and a bit of magic to create a totally new style of Amaro. The versatile Angeleno can be chilled and consumed straight up before dinner with a twist of lemon, mixed in place of a vermouth or aperitif wine, or savored slowly at room temperature after a long meal. It's is a complex mix of powerful citrus, soft herbal aromas, ripe fruit and bitter roots. It's not dark like most Amari, as no color additives are used; all you'll see is the soft glow of wine, spirit, and botanicals steeped together for several weeks before being lightly filtered, rested and bottled by hand.