557177 Sat Sep 13 18:09:08 -0700 2008 3 36 Spirits 0 4032941 My old dad's got a yen for this and I'd like to find some for his upcoming birthday. Has anyone seen Ferroquina Bisleri in a bar, restaurant, or liquor store anywhere near New York City? It's an Argentine aperitif that's supposed to have miraculous tonic properties, with a taste similar to Fernet Branca. Thanks! Sat Sep 13 18:09:08 -0700 2008 222864 tartlette 1 4870895 Haven't seen it but I'm certainly curious. Anything that tastes like Fernet *must* be a tonic - why else would it taste like that? Sat Jul 18 19:38:59 -0700 2009 4032941 161804 chowhundius 1 4882867 It's Ferro-China Bisleri, still made in Milan by the Bisleri company, but also in Argentina. In our Brooklyn Italian home in the 50s and 60, there was a bottle, always, for digestivo emergencies. It's a true amaro, at 40 proof, with quinine, and I've not seen a bottle here for years. It's still available in Italy. I suspect a strong, not too sweet amaro (try the Calabrian Vecchio Amaro del Capo) or even a Fernet would have to do instead. Beviamo! Wed Jul 22 20:43:10 -0700 2009 4032941 249467 bob96 2 4884009 I found and purchased a bottle in Boston at V. Cirace, http://www.vcirace.com/. They may do mailorder. I bought it on a whim, on a quest to obtain rare amaros, but was pretty disappointed by the taste - not quite bitter enough, and strangely redolent of artificial pancake syrup. Thu Jul 23 09:40:42 -0700 2009 4882867 243219 craigasaurus