St. George - Bruto Americano (750ml)

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Producer	St. George
Country	United States
Region	California
Style	Amaro & Aperitif
Size	750ml

In the 32 years since St. George Spirits was founded, we have grown from a dedicated eau de vie distillery into a diverse operation that makes a range of craft spirits.

Then: a bare-bones production facility with tasting tables jerry-rigged on sawhorses.
Now: a 65,000-square-foot hangar with a spectacular tasting room, laboratory, and a lineup of the most beautiful pot stills in the industry.

Then: a one-man operation.
Now: a diverse team of individuals passionate about artisan spirits.

It’s a lot to be proud of. But it didn’t happen overnight.

We’ve grown slowly over the years, hiring one person at a time, adding one copper still at a time. We don’t have a marketing team or an advertising budget. What we do have are passion, ideas, and access to superlative raw materials.

The craft distillation movement has grown with us over the last three decades, and we’ve been joined by hundreds of new distilleries across the country. As the landscape has changed, there’s been a lot of talk about established spirits brands vs. newcomers.

The way we see it, it’s not that small or big is better. It’s not that new or old is better. Better is better.

And with that in mind, we have dedicated ourselves to making the best spirits we can.

We’re passionate about distillation in all its forms, but we don’t release a spirit unless we feel we have something new and valid to contribute to the conversation. We want to be able to pick our spirits out of a lineup on smell and taste alone because they’re exceptional.

We pledge to craft quintessential spirits to delight hedonists and genius bartenders alike—and when you taste our spirits, we hope that the character and quality of what’s in your glass will convey to you what we’re all about.

Spirit Notes: Ready for a bigger, better, bitterer bar? Say hello to Bruto Americano! With a bracing dose of bitterness, a bright pop of citrus, and intriguing sylvan notes inspired by distiller Lance Winters’ formative experiences growing up in California in the 1970s, Bruto is a bitter aperitivo liqueur that makes us as proud as it does thirsty.

Bruto is made from a variety of herbs, roots, and other botanicals. Though the exact number of ingredients and formulation are proprietary, we will say that the bitterness comes primarily from gentian root; the citrus notes mostly from California-grown Seville orange; and the woodsy notes from balsam fir and Cascara sagrada (bark from the California buckthorn).

Tasting Notes: Vibrant citrus, with notes of cinnamon, sandalwood, and forest on the nose. Initial palate entry is bitter, followed by an herbaceous mid-palate and lingering bitter/citrus finish.