Killer Aperitif

September, 2013

WHY YOU SHOULD DRINK LIKE AN ITALIAN THIS FALL• We're all for a high-octane lowball of bourbon as a way to jump-start the evening, but sometimes you want to edge into the night (or game day) a little more slowly. Which is where the category of drinks known as aperitifs comes in. Nobody does them bet­ter than the seemingly never intoxicated Italians, whose brightly colored, low-alcohol liqueurs flavored with fruit, spices and other botanicals have recently become the darlings of American bartende...