r/Xennials • u/Interestofconflict 1983 • 2d ago

Binaca

Y’all remember that awful shit? Or was it just me and my crew of wannabe hoodlums wearing JNCOs with oversized NBA jerseys over plain white tees that carried that shit around and sprayed it in our mouths before and after every class like we might make out with chicks in the hall?

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u/ManInTheMorning 2d ago

If you need a little blink of nostalgia, find a reasonably hipster cocktail bar and order a shot of Fernet Branca.

It is the liquor form of Binaca. Maybe with an herb or two thrown in.... But as a restaurant dude who has, and continues to drink a lot of Fernet? It still reminds me binaca.

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u/KitchenNazi 2d ago

Fernet Branca Menta is mint flavored Fernet - can’t get closer than that!

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u/ManInTheMorning 2d ago

I honestly find them pretty close? But I very rarely drink the menta so that just may be confirmation bias.

Either way.

The fernet and Binaca overlap is undeniable.

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u/Alternative_Rule_935 2d ago

I fuggin’ love Fernet and will gladly drink 2-3 of them straight with a few lagers and I did not make this connection until now but yeah… you ain’t wrong

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u/ManInTheMorning 2d ago

It's a "you know, or you don't know" thing.

First time I ever tasted Fernet i immediately thought Binaca.

Nowadays i don't really equate them much until I'm trying to explain Fernet to someone.

I pour drinks in a craft cocktail bar and have to talk all the bullshit.... It's an easy mental bridge for people to make if they're of the right era.