Liqueurs

Anisette

Liqueur
27.5% ABV
29 drinks

What is Anisette?

Anisette is an anise-flavoured liqueur: distilled spirits flavoured with anise and sweetened with at least 2.5% sugar by weight, one of the anise liqueur types named in US labelling rules.

Is this for me?

Choose this if…

✓You want sweetness, flavour depth and lower ABV in your cocktail.
✓Features in 29 WhatDrink drinks.

Skip if…

✗You want a dry, neutral or high-ABV spirit base.

At a Glance

99 kcalCalories

27.5%ABV

10.5gSugar

13.5gCarbs

LiqueurType

29Recipes

Ingredient nutrition is approximate and varies by brand, recipe and preparation.

What does Anisette taste like?

Sweet, aromatic and anise-forward, with licorice, fennel and herbal notes. Anisette pairs with gin, brandy, rum, lemon, cream, coffee, apricot, orange and other herbal liqueurs.

Ways to use anisette

Cocktails (29)

Flavour profile

AniseLicoriceSweet

Recipes using this

Observed quantities

Observed in single-serve recipes: middle half 29.57–59.15 ml; median 59.15 ml.

In the measured recipes in this dataset — from 23 observed uses.

Scoped nutrition

Calories (per 100 ml): 330
Sugar (per 100 ml): 35 g
Carbs (per 100 ml): 45 g

Ingredient nutrition is approximate and varies by brand, recipe and preparation.

Diet compatibility

Gluten-FreeCompatible
KetoNot compatible
Low-CarbNot compatible
Low-SugarNot compatible
Veganvaries
VegetarianCompatible

Based on the listed ingredient only — a public recipe facet, not medical, allergy or coeliac advice. Specific brands and preparation can change compatibility.

Commonly observed with

BrandyGinLight Rum

Observed co-use in the reviewed recipe corpus — not a universal pairing recommendation.

Trust & methodology

Canonical ingredient/component authority assembled from reviewed identity, recipe, flavour, nutrition, diet and substitution evidence. Observed quantities and co-use patterns are descriptive, not prescriptions or universal recommendations.

Evidence last updated: 2026-07-16T02:53:30.320595+00:00

Drink counts and recipe data are based on published WhatDrink recipes. Figures may vary as new recipes are added.

Anisette — common questions

What are the most popular cocktails made with Anisette?: Top-ranked cocktails made with Anisette include Absinthe Cocktail, Baltimore Bracer, Baltimore Bracer Cocktail. Rankings are based on recipe quality and data completeness.