St. Agrestis

Greenpoint, Brooklyn is home to St. Agrestis, an amaro distillery founded in 2014 that builds its bitter liqueurs from botanicals of five continents, each steeped on its own.

About St. Agrestis

Based in
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
Founded
2014
Known for
the non-alcoholic Phony Negroni

St. Agrestis takes its name from the Latin for rural, rustic or wild. It was founded by Steven DeAngelo and brothers Louie and Matt Catizone, and its distillery is in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its botanicals come from five continents, and each one is steeped on its own for its own length of time before blending.

In January 2022 St. Agrestis launched its non-alcoholic Phony Negroni. In April 2026 The Wine Group announced it had acquired the company's non-alcoholic line, with the founders staying involved for the near term.

St. Agrestis questions

What is amaro?

Amaro is Italian for bitter, and it names a family of Italian herbal liqueurs made by steeping herbs, roots, flowers, bark and citrus peel in wine or grape spirit, then blending in syrup. Bitter roots such as gentian give the style its bite. Amaro is often sipped after a meal, neat, on ice or mixed with soda water.

Why does St. Agrestis steep each botanical on its own?

Botanicals are the plant parts that flavor a liqueur: herbs, roots, flowers, bark and citrus peel. Steeping, or macerating, means soaking them in liquid so it draws out their flavor. Each plant gives up its flavor at its own pace, so St. Agrestis steeps every botanical separately, for its own length of time, and blends the results only afterward.

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