Vecchio Amaro del Capo: The Italian Digestive to Survive Your Holiday Feasts

Are you ready for the Christmas feast? Holiday season is filled with receptions and events. At this time of the year the problem is to deal with abundant dinners, stay healthy and get ready for the next party. Served icy, according to tradition, in order to emphasize its aromatic flavor, Vecchio Amaro del Capo may be the perfect drink to conclude long holiday feasts and help to keep in good shape. Among the 29 medicinal herbs composing this liqueur, there a some famous for their tonic-digestive properties, such as bitter orange, sweet orange, liquorice, mandarin, camomile and juniper. That is why we asked the guys over at Gruppo Caffo to prepare a few cocktail options for all your upcoming festivities. Let the feast begin!

Learn more about Vecchio Amaro del Capo.

Capo Vaticano

Ingredients:

3 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

3 cl Liquorice Caffo

3 cl Acqua Tonica

Decoration: Serve with fresh mint

Preparation: Serve in a Highball glass

Calabrian Buck

Ingredients:

3 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

3 cl Cognac VSOP

2 cl Fresh lemon juice

12 cl Ginger Beer

Decoration: a slice of cucumber

Preparation: Serve in a Highball glass

Caffoni

Ingredients:

3 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

3 cl Red Vermuth

3 cl Gin

Decoration: pink grapefruit peel

Preparation: Shake all the ingredients with ice and serve in an “old fashioned” glass

23+6

Ingredients:

3 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

3 cl Calvados VSOP

1 cl Falernum

1 cl grenadine

3 cl Fresh lemon juice

Ice

Decoration: dried apple and a little slice of red sweet chili pepper

Preparation: Shake all the ingredients with ice and serve in an ice cup

Capo Tonic

Ingredients:

2,5 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

10 cl Tonic

1 cl Lime Juice

Decoration: a slice of lime and orange

Preparation: Serve in a Highball glass

Del Capo Smash

Ingredients:

4 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

2 cl 17 year aged Rum

1 cl Lemon Juice

1 cl Sugar Cyrup

4 Thin slices of fresh pineapple

Peparation: Crush the pineapple and shake all the ingredients with ice, serving in a frozen cup

Ticket to Limbadi

Ingredients:

5 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

3 Pieces of fresh mint

2 cl Yellow grapefruit sorbet

1,5 cl Lemon juice

2 cl Chinotto

2 Drops of Orange Blossom

8 cl Cider

Decoration: Orange peel, “bouquet” of mint twigs, icing sugar

Preparation: shake all the ingredients with ice and serve in a cup with a spoon of Shakerare tutti gli ingredienti con ghiaccio e versare in una tazza con un cucchiaio di julep

White del Capo Russian

Ingredients: 

4 cl Amaro del Capo

2 cl Vodka

2 cl Coffee liqueur

5 cl Cream

5 cl Milk

1 stick of cinnamon

Cinnamon powder

Orange Peel

Preparation: shake with ice Amaro del Capo, Vodka, Coffee liqueur and pour it in a tumbler glass with ice. Shake milk and cream with ice, pour it in the glass without mixing

Momo’

Ingredients: 

2 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

2 cl Red Bitter

10 cl Soda Water

Decoration: garnish with pineapple cubes with grated spicy chili peppers

Preparation: Serve in a Highball glass

Capo Mandarin

Ingredients:

4 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

1 fresh mandarin

1 cl Lemon Juice

1 cl Sugar Cyrup

Decoration: dill

Preparation: crash the mandarin and shake all the ingredients with ice, pouring in a frozen cup

Capo Sour

Ingredients:

5 cl Vecchio Amaro del Capo

1/2 Lime

1 cl Tonic

Decoration: Lime Peel

Preparation: Crumble the lime and shake with Amaro del Capo and with ice, pouring in a Tumbler glass adding some Tonic