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Plaza Vieja
A spirit-forward and bittersweet digestive with pleasing herbal overtures
Mark Fraioli
15th January 2025 at 05:22
The amaro matters. I didn’t have any Lucano, so I subbed in Averna. That didn’t work, too syrupy. Then I went out and got myself a bottle of Baulio (Simon mentions that the original Treadway recipe actually called for Braulio, not Lucano). This made a huge difference— not too sweet, plenty of piney “alpine” notes. Definitely a keeper!