Matchbook "Daytrip" Strawberry Amaro

The story of Daytrip begins with the Mattituck Lions strawberry festival - a local carnival devoted to all things strawberry. One year, some 2 tons of strawberries were somehow left over and, it seemed, destined for the compost pile. A friend of Matchbook's and the manager of his family’s vineyard, rescued the strawberries and brought a big tote of strawberry wine to the distillery. Matchbook thought they were making a strawberry vermouth -- the first in a whole series of fruit vermouths they'd release -- that is before the government insisted any vermouth be made from wine grapes. with that, a quick pivot, a detour, and Daytrip strawberry amaro was born.