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RECORD gorki-list · EVIDENCE GRADE B · UNCLAIMED · LAST VERIFIED 2026-07-09

Gorki List

Subotica · Serbia · 46.100, 19.665

REGION: rest of worldTRADITION: World amaroEST. 1953WEBSITE ↗

ZONE 01 — VERIFIED FACTS

Legal entity
Gold Drink d.o.o., headquartered at Matije Korvina 17, 24000 Subotica, Serbia (plus a Belgrade office at Milentija Popovića 5)A·2
Production sites
Serbia (Subotica) and Slovenia (Jakobski Dol), per producer's own current descriptionA·2
Founding milestone
Production inspired by Fernet began in 1953; the secret Gorki formula was finalised in 1961 and has remained unchanged sinceA·2
Rebrand
Product renamed from Subotičanka's Pelinkovac Gorki to Gorki List in September 2003, with a redesigned bottleA·2
Sales milestone
100 million bottles sold over 62 years as of 2015A·2
Botanical composition
27 medicinal herbs, wormwood-dominant, including gentian, chamomile, savory, yarrow, juniper, fennel, thyme, lemon balm and elderberryA·1
ABV
28% ABV, corroborated by multiple independent retailer listings; not stated directly on producer pagesC·4
Market presence
Market leader in Serbia; also sold in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Australia and the USA·1

ZONE 02 — AI-COLLATED SUMMARY

AI-ASSISTED · FROM GRADED PUBLIC SOURCES

Gorki List is a Serbian pelinkovac-style bitter herbal liqueur produced since 1953, with its secret recipe of 27 wormwood-dominant medicinal herbs finalised in 1961. The brand is currently held by Gold Drink d.o.o., based in Subotica, Serbia, with production split between Subotica and Jakobski Dol, Slovenia, at 28% ABV. Its history is complicated by the 2009 bankruptcy of the original Yugoslav-era manufacturer Subotičanka, after which multiple independent secondary sources (Wikipedia, Grokipedia and others) describe production and ownership moving wholly to a Slovenian company (Grenki List, produced by BIO-SAD d.o.o.), a claim that conflicts with the producer's own current dual-site description. This is treated as an unresolved provenance conflict rather than settled fact.

AI-collated from the graded sources below; operator review pending. Re-verified 2026-07-09 against live producer pages and fresh independent search; one sourceId citation corrected (retailer ABV corroboration broadened after the originally cited page could not be confirmed to show an ABV figure on re-fetch).

ZONE 03 — PRODUCER-SUBMITTED NOTES

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PRODUCTS ON RECORD

Gorki List

28% ABV

BOTTLE IMAGE
ADDED BY THE PRODUCER

SUBCATEGORY fernetRING coreTRADITION World amaroSELF-IDENTIFIED “—”

Serbia's leading bitter herbal liqueur, produced to a secret recipe finalised in 1961 from a blend of 27 medicinal herbs dominated by wormwood. Described by the producer as a pelinkovac-style bitter developed from a fernet-inspired production process begun in 1953. Bottled across several formats from miniature to gift sizes; positioned as both an appetite-stimulating aperitif and an after-dinner digestif.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 12 GRADED EDGES

  • Wormwood · dominant bittering agentA·1
  • Gentian · bitteringA·1
  • Chamomile · aromaticA·1
  • Savory · aromatic herbA·1
  • Yarrow · bittering herbA·1
  • Juniper · aromaticA·1
  • Fennel · aromaticA·1
  • Lesser celandine · medicinal herbA·1
  • Thyme · aromaticA·1
  • Lemon balm · aromaticA·1
  • Blue gentian · bitteringA·1
  • Elderberry · fruit/aromaticA·1

DESCRIPTORS

  • bitter ▮▮▮▮▮A·1
  • herbal ▮▮▮▮▮A·1
  • bitter-sweet ▮▮▮▮▮A·2
  • lingering finish ▮▮▮▮▮A·2

Gorki Spritz

0% ABV

BOTTLE IMAGE
ADDED BY THE PRODUCER

SUBCATEGORY — (family ring)RING adjacentTRADITION World amaroSELF-IDENTIFIED “—”

A ready-to-drink cocktail combining Gorki List with Prosecco, sold by the producer as a brand-family spin-off. RTD format sits outside the atlas's core conforming-amaro scope and is listed here only as an adjacent brand-family product; ABV not sourced and treated as unspecified rather than non-alcoholic.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 0 GRADED EDGES

NO GRADED BOTANICAL EDGES YET.

DESCRIPTORS

  • spritz-style ▮▮▮▮▮C·5

SERVES

Gorki List Aperitif Pour

canonical
  • · 50ml Gorki List, chilled

Serve chilled, neat, in a small glass as an appetite-stimulating aperitif.A·1

Gorki List Digestif Pour

canonical
  • · 50ml Gorki List

Serve neat at room temperature or lightly chilled after a meal.A·1

Gorki Spritz

producer
  • · Gorki List
  • · Prosecco
  • · Ice

Producer-branded spritz build combining Gorki List with Prosecco over ice.C·5

ZONE 04 — COMMUNITY TASTING NOTES

RESERVED — community notes open in V2 with moderation and bias handling. The contributions ledger is already recording.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Where is Gorki List made?
Gorki List is made in Subotica, Serbia, and was founded in 1953.
What style of amaro is Gorki List?
On The Amaro Atlas, Gorki List is recorded in the core ring, fernet subcategory, within the World amaro tradition.

SOURCES — A–D GRADED (5)

  1. [1]AGorki List — official brand site (product overview, herbs, history) · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-09
  2. [2]AGorki List — Bitter product page (Gold Drink d.o.o. corporate detail, history, bottle sizes) · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-09
  3. [3]CGorki list — Wikipedia · Wikipedia · database · accessed 2026-07-09States production and ownership moved fully to a Slovenian company (Grenki List, produced by BIO-SAD d.o.o. in Jakobski Dol) after Subotičanka's 2009 bankruptcy; conflicts with the producer-official site's claim of current dual Serbia/Slovenia production under Gold Drink d.o.o. This is a genuine, unresolved conflict, independently corroborated on re-check by Grokipedia and other secondary encyclopaedic sources describing the same 2009 BIO-SAD transition — not merely a single-source Wikipedia claim. Treated as secondary/unresolved; producer's self-description is presented as primary per sourcing hierarchy, with this caveat retained.
  4. [4]CGorki List — retailer listing (Taste Brandy UK) · Taste Brandy · database · accessed 2026-07-09Re-check 2026-07-09: this specific page does not display an explicit ABV figure. The 28% ABV figure is instead corroborated independently by other retailers (The Whisky Exchange, The Liquor Barn), found via fresh search; retained at grade C as general market corroboration rather than a direct citation for this one page.
  5. [5]CAtlas discovery-pass research notes on Gorki List (Gorki Spritz mention, ABV corroboration) · other · accessed 2026-07-09Internal discovery-pass compilation citing multiple retailer/distributor listings. Gorki Spritz independently reconfirmed 2026-07-09 as a genuine producer-branded RTD line via the official homepage (gorkilist.eu), described there as 'Gorki List enriched with sparkling Prosecco'.

A producer-official / regulatory · B reputable published · C secondary · D community/unverified