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Amer Picon Bitters
Amer Picon Bitters is a dark-red liqueur with a bitter orange flavour made in France. It's meant to be drunk with beer as a chaser.
It is very popular in Alsace.
Amer Picon Bitters is made from neutral alcohol infused with fresh and dried orange peel, cinchona bark (quinine), sugar syrup, dried gentian root, spices and herbs.
Amer Picon was 39% alcohol up until the 1970s; it was then lowered to 25% alcohol, and lowered again, in 1989, to 19%.
In 1995, they started making a second version called "Picon club" for mixing with dry white wine.
As of 2005, the brand has been owned by the Diageo company.
Cooking Tips
Amer Picon can be used in mixed drinks, or drunk straight up on ice. It is used to make a cocktail called "Picon Punch."
History
Amer Picon Bitters were invented in 1837 by a Gaetan Picon (born 1809) in Algeria (some sources say in Philippeville, Belgium.) He started making it industrially in Marseille in 1872.
In 1937, the company published a book called "Histoire d'un Siècle Picon (1837 - 1937)" written by Raymond Recouly, Fortunat Strowsky, Paul Reboux and Tristan Bernard. It was 27 pages with colour pictures and photos of the factory at that time.
The slogan at the time was, "Il n'est plus une partie du globe où n'ait pénétré le Picon !" ("there is no longer any part of the world where Picon hasn't penetrated.")
Language Notes
"Amer" means "bitter" in French.
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