Catalina Apero

• Bitter aperitif produced by OLD 49 Distilling in Los Angeles, California
• Made with a proprietary list of over a dozen ingredients including fresh local citrus, roots, and botanicals featuring rhubarb, cinchona, and gentian root
• Base spirit distilled from corn
• Botanicals are incorporated and adjusted by hand over an approximately three-month stepped maceration process in stainless steel and neutral vessels
• Solids are separated via plate filter
• Lightly sweetened with cane sugar
• Lime zest, fresh orange juice, lychee and orange blossom on the nose lead to a silky palate of lemongrass, mastic, and marshmallow spiked with lemon zest, finishing with gently lingering, citrus-cradled bitterness
• 15% ABV

OLD 49 Distilling’s Catalina Apéro resuscitates the dusty rituals of aperitif hour, imbuing its staple ingredient, the red bitter, with California citrus and a French joie de vivre. Though Catalina Apéro is inspired by co-founder David Glicksman’s time in France and the vigorous resurgence of the Spritz in cocktailing circles small and large, don’t let it linger too long in Spritzes alone; make a pit stop for a cheeky Spaghett (an ounce-and-a-half of bitter mixed with lager and lemon) and then coast into the sunset with a juicy take on a Bitter Mai Tai.