Bitter Is Better

San Francisco Magazine Josh Sens Maren Caruso As amaro’s popularity soars, local distillers give it a distinctly Bay Area flavor. At St. George Spirits in Alameda, master distiller Lance Winters makes a liqueur called Bruto Americano, which translates loosely from Italian as “crass American.” Though the name wasn’t originally intended as a reference to the president-elect (it is now), Winters likes to think it will provoke a similar response. “It gives people a pretty good excuse to dr...