{"title":"Old 49 Distilling","description":"\u003cp\u003eOld 49 Distilling Co. is a small Los Angeles distillery founded in 2017 by bartender and screenwriter David Glicksman and Army veteran and stunt pilot Aaron Fitzgerald. The name honors Glicksman's grandfather, Nat Kidder, who distilled spirits for Navy sailors in Hawaii in the 1940s and spent years refining a whiskey recipe; the \"49\" marks the forty-ninth iteration of it. Early experiments happened in an Atwater Village garage before the company set up its first production in the Arts District.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house style is hands-on and local. Labels are screen-printed by hand, each bottle carries a paper seal modeled on the US federal tax stamps used from 1949 to 1986, and the typefaces echo the naval stencils Kidder used to mark his own bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flagship for cocktail bars is Catalina Apéro, a California-made answer to Aperol built on a corn spirit, fresh local citrus and more than a dozen roots and botanicals including rhubarb, cinchona and gentian. Bottled at 15% ABV in a one-liter bottle, it is made for spritzes, Spaghetts and bitter tiki drinks. The lineup also includes Nat Kidder Navy Strength Vodka and Old 49 California Whiskey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse our full Old 49 Distilling collection with fast nationwide shipping delivered straight to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"old-49-distilling-catalina-apero-liqueur-1l","title":"Old 49 Distilling Catalina Apéro Rafraîchissant Liqueur 1L","description":"\u003cp\u003eOld 49 Distilling Catalina Apéro Rafraîchissant is a California aperitivo made in Los Angeles as a local answer to Aperol. Old 49 was founded in 2017 by bartender and screenwriter David Glicksman and Army veteran and stunt pilot Aaron Fitzgerald, and takes its name from the forty-ninth iteration of a whiskey recipe by Glicksman's grandfather Nat Kidder, who distilled spirits for Navy sailors in Hawaii in the 1940s. Glicksman created Catalina Apéro after time spent in France, building it for the spritz: a corn spirit is macerated for roughly three months with fresh local citrus and a proprietary list of more than a dozen roots and botanicals, including rhubarb, cinchona and gentian root, with the botanicals added and adjusted by hand in stages before the solids are removed on a plate filter and the liqueur is lightly sweetened with cane sugar. The producer describes lime zest, fresh orange juice, lychee and orange blossom on the nose, lemongrass, mastic and marshmallow with lemon zest on the palate, and a gentle, lingering citrus-framed bitterness. It is bottled at 15% ABV in a one-liter bottle with a hand screen-printed label and a paper seal modeled on 1949–1986 US federal tax stamps, and it pours into a classic spritz with prosecco and soda, a Spaghett with lager and lemon, or a Bitter Mai Tai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Old 49 Distilling Catalina Apéro Liqueur online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old 49 Distilling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561728708864,"sku":"C0010390L","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/old-49-catalina-apero-1l.jpg?v=1791484857"}],"url":"https:\/\/chipsliquor.com\/collections\/old-49-distilling.oembed","provider":"Chips Liquor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}