Talk:Fernet

Opiates
Can anyone confirm that there are opiates in the Italian product?

The SF Weekly article phrases it a little differently, implying that all Fernet (or at least the stuff made in America) had its recipe changed in 1978. Hmm, doesn't answer the question. The company website is very close-mouthed about non-Italian production, but we have a cited source for a Tribeca distillery and a very large Argentina one. It does seem unlikely that any has opiates today, tho. Samogon 01:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Con Coca
In Argentina, a Fernet with Coke doesn't normally take up as much Fernet as the article says.
 * Yuck! Wikidemo (talk) 00:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Fernet
Also shouldn't it be just Fernet, rather than Fernet Branca. Fernet Branca is one of many brands of Fernet, albeit the original. In Argentina there are a good 10-15 brands of Fernet available, such as Cinzano and Martini. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.186.243.151 (talk • contribs)

Yeah, probably it should be just Fernet. At the very least, I just added a redirect from Fernet to Fernet Branca, but I can see an argument that it ought to be renamed.

Unfortunately, every single thing I know about Fernet is from this Wikipedia article, so I don't know :D --Jaysweet 22:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

No, there is no such thing as a "brand of Fernet". Fernet Branca is a brand name for a spirit called "amaro". Since it's so popular, other brands copied the name Fernet, but the spirit itself is not classified based on that name.

I think it should be FERNET-BRANCA, with hyphen. This is how it is written in bottle label and in official home page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.100.124.218 (talk) 06:03, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Fernet Branca is indeed a brand of Fernet, which is a type of amaro. Another company that makes a Fernet is Luxardo. I will make some adjustments. Rlitwin (talk) 21:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Origins
The origin story given is inconsistent with the cited SF Weekly story and the company's own website. This story also doesn't explain the colorful 'Fernet' part. Can anyone cite the story with the wife being the inventor, or shall I change it? Samogon 01:49, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Preparation
Okay, i live in Cordoba, Argentina, and i drink fernet every time i get a chance (yummy :P), and i have to say that putting 1/3 of glass of fernet will make it taste like some fermented "#%(. The best way of preparing it is: 1.- Put 5 - 6 ice cubes on a tall glass 2.- Add about 1/10 of the glass of fernet 3.- Slowly pouring the Coke and at the same time small drops of fernet. 4.- Mix it very little. 5.- Enjoy! :D Please someone edit the preparation tip's so it doesn't taste like sh%t, because if you put 1/3 of fernet it will. MakE (talk) 18:39, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You seem to be implying that straight Fernet tastes like crap... which I would have to agree with. It's the worst liqueur I've ever tasted. —Slicing (talk) 09:34, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

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NON-BRANCA FERNET
There's a huge confussion in this Wikipedia article, and probably in the whole fernet-drinking community in San Fransisco! Fernet-BRANCA isn't the name of the beverage! The italian amaro is called FERNET, "Branca" is just a brand among the many that produce Fernet (sure, the most important one, but it doesn't really matter). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.19.112.118 (talk) 14:10, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
Ok, big news that i think will end the argument between calling this article Fernet or Fernet Branca. The Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy, the entity that manages the words included in the Spanish dictionary) has received a proposition to include the word "Fernet", alone. PS: Branca is a brand, just like Coke or Pepsi. I'm moving this article to Fernet, and i strongly recommend it stays that way.
 * Sources in spanish, please, all wikipedians that don't speak this languaje, use google tools and translate this ;) [] & [] & [].

Cheers ;) -- MakE  shout! 01:34, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
Yes, the article should be called "Fernet". Definitely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.19.112.118 (talk) 15:47, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. Rlitwin (talk) 15:04, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation of Fernet
Fernet has been around in my family for a long time and we always pronounced it "fur-net", even though the word has a distinctly French look to it, in which case the proper pronunciation would be "fur-nay". Does anyone out there have a good sense of the national origin of this word? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.235.133.100 (talk) 05:58, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
 * In the Fernet Branca-commercials, they call it "fur-net" with a sound t. Youtube: 1:48 into the clip Kristian Risager Larsen (talk) 07:44, 9 April 2010 (UTC)


 * FYI: It's an Italian product, and the Italians are pronouncing it "Fair-net". --79.193.28.168 (talk) 13:38, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Mentions of Brand-name
The repeated use of "Fernet-Branca" throughout the article seems to border on a publicity strategy to promote that brand. Shouldn't the article be written with a more advertisement-free style? Putting a mention stating this is the most popular brand (if indeed it is) may be ok, but not misleadingly replacing the generic term and adding too much information that is clearly brand-specific! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.172.233.130 (talk) 15:44, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * The thing is, Fernet Branca was the first Fernet, made by the Branca Brothers since 1845, like Coca was the first cola. Then came other companies that stole the name for their own vaguely related copy-cat products, just like Pepsi make their own cola. But Fernet Branca is the original and still by far most popular of them all. --79.193.28.168 (talk) 13:42, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Taking the train?
An anonymous user added the bit about "taking the train to Fernal Heights" on April 28, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fernet&diff=prev&oldid=426417011

Citation needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.93.5.105 (talk) 22:27, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Fernet and Coke "invented"
Pretty much any single spirit and any single soft drink has been combined by people countless times in the past, it's really not the sort of thing that gets invented in one place and one time. The Slovaks mix their local Fernet with cola too - perhaps the authors of this article will assert that idea was brought to Slovakia by Argentine immigrants ..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.212.36.193 (talk) 20:41, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Done it.
 * In fact the word "invented" is a marketing tool used by Branca, they say the drink was "invented in the nineties in Córdoba" which is totally false as you can see in the publicity of 1987 broadcasted by a Bs.As. TV station.
 * I remember also earlier ads, but my memory is not a source that one can link ;-).
 * The thing is, in Córdoba people is so proud of the "Fernet con Coca" that if the main company said something like that, there is for sure an increase of the sales. Same trick that a rock-star do at the start of the show yelling the name of the city.
 * Luckily internet is lie-proof.

Luiscardo (talk) 01:08, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Argentine?
Why this has category "Argentine alcoholic drinks"? The section "Popularity in Argentina" does not say it being Argentinian. It says it was brought there by Italians and later advertised by Fratelli Branca (which is Italian). 91.154.188.185 (talk) 07:04, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

There is a factory in Argentina, thus making it Argentinian. ExitFilm(For a Music) (talk) 18:01, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Coffee and espresso?
Isn't that like saying "dogs and Golden Retrievers"? Espresso *is* coffee. Rickmbari (talk) 13:16, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

What is the history of Fernet
When was it invented and where? 172.58.176.55 (talk) 20:03, 29 January 2022 (UTC)