Jägermeister

Proprietary German herbal digestive liqueur containing 56 herbs, roots and fruits among which are cinnamon, bitter oranges, ginger root, red sandalwood, and blueberries. While mainly a digestif, it is used commonly in mixed drinks, but rarely with care. Aperitif/digestif bitters is a generic category for bitter-sweet spirit- or wine-based beverage bitters. Consumed straight or in mixed drinks in larger proportions than aromatic bitters or fruit bitters. Prominent examples are Amer Picon, Fernet Branca, Unicum, and Campari. Nearly all aperitif/digestif bitters are complex, proprietary formulas and even products that aim to copy better-known brands tend to noticeably distinct. Factoring the extreme flavor potency of all these liqueurs, none are true substitutes for each other, but often, with careful discretion, not willy-nilly, one can be substituted for a similar one to different (but satisfying) effect.