New York City is home to many iconic steakhouses, including Keens with its pipe-lined ceilings, Sparks and its unlucky moment in Mafia history, and Delmonico’s which claims to be the “first fine dining steakhouse” in the country. Of course, Brooklyn’s Peter Luger (No. 75 in our ranking of the 100 Greatest Restaurants of the 21st Century) deserves a mention here as well, and the Williamsburg location just did something very unique—the restaurant collaborated with local amaro producer Faccia Brutto to come up with a Jägermeister-inspired spirit called, naturally, Lugermeister.

Faccia Brutto, which was founded in 2020, makes Italian-style amaro and digestif spirits in the Bed Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. The lineup is pretty extensive at this point, and includes expressions like the classic Aperitivo (a take on Campari), the green walnut-flavored Nocino, and Fernet Pianta which has a familiar minty, menthol-infused palate. According to Faccia Brutto founder Patrick Smith, who spent years as a chef before starting the company, Peter Luger reached out to him to come up with the new Lugermeister, and he thinks it’s one of the very best things they’ve created.

Peter Luger started out as a German beer hall in 1887, so it makes sense that its first custom-made amaro would be inspired by Jägermeister, which is a classic German digestif liqueur. The recipe for Jäger contains a total of 56 different botanicals, many of which are not revealed, but Lugermeister is a bit simpler than that—in terms of its recipe, not its flavor. Faccia Brutto calls it a “German-style amaro (or Kräuterlikör)” that is made from a base neutral grain spirit sourced from upstate New York. That spirit s macerated for two weeks with 21 botanicals including poppy seed, gentian, juniper berry, kola nut, licorice root, and sarsaparilla. Then the spirit is sweetened and diluted to 30 percent ABV (60 proof), and is meant to be enjoyed alongside a steak or the restaurant’s famous schlag whipped cream.

We got to sample Lugermeister, and it’s a very good amaro with notes of berries, chocolate, spice, ginger, lemon, and nutmeg on the palate. It will be available as a neat pour, but also used in cocktails at the restaurant, and we were able to sample a few—the Black Manhattan-like Brooklyn’s Finest made with rye whiskey and bitters; the Irish Coffee-inspired No Sleep Til Brooklyn; and a Luger Spritz that combines Lugermeister and sparkling wine.

This is not the first collab that Peter Luger has done (see the Luger Cabernet and Luger Lager), but it is the restaurant’s first bespoke spirit. If you’re not in Brooklyn, or you just don’t feel like eating a massive steakhouse meal, you can also preorder a bottle of Lugermeister directly from the Faccia Brutto website (SRP $45) that will be shipped starting April 1.