Suze, produced by Pernod Ricard at its historic distillery in Thuir, France, features yellow gentian roots, anise, wormwood, fennel, hyssop, melissa and other botanicals. The gentian is harvested after 20 years of growth in the French mountains.
It’s weird but fun, though I gravitate more readily to other amari. This is a liqueur that seems to work best as an accent in cocktails — or try it with tonic.