Disaronno: It’s A Swing Thing

Disaronno has that unmistakable almond sweetness that lands somewhere between dessert and actual liqueur, the kind of drink that tastes nothing like sophistication and everything like the kind of night where you’re young enough to think sophistication matters. The bottle’s iconic, too—that squat apricot-colored thing with the wrapper around the neck, instantly recognizable even when you’re squinting at a bar shelf in bad lighting. It tastes like something someone’s older friend bought for a party, something that made you feel like you were getting away with something. It’s smooth enough that it goes down dangerously easy, sweet enough that you can pretend you’re not really drinking, which is its whole trick. The Italians knew what they were doing with this one.