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Cocktailpunk cocktail bitters are handmade in very small batches in Boulder, Colorado. Our bitters do not include any sugar, caramel, or added sweetener of any kind, nor is there any coloring, artificial or otherwise. We believe that bitters should be just that, bitter, and ours do not add any confusing sweetness. A great cocktail incorporates spirits with sweet, sour, and bitter components to achieve a harmonious balance, and Cocktailpunk bitters are designed do their part with great accuracy.
All our bitters are fabulous alone in cold sparkling water, and very useful for balancing often-too-sweet non-alcoholic cocktails.
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SATURNALIA cocktail bitters
Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival held in December in honor of Saturn. Comforting seasonal flavors of cranberry, toasted walnut, and citrus will supercharge your toddies and provide a mysterious counterpoint to modern gins. A seasonal bitters in the truest sense fo the word 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
OAK AROMATIC cocktail bitters
Made in collaboration with Bryan Dayton, barman extraordinaire and owner of Oak at fourteenth, Acorn, Brider, and Corrida. A dark, smoky take on aromatic bitters, this one features charred oak chips and toasted spices. Perfection in a Manhattan. 2.0 oz., 46.2% A.B.V.
LAVENDER cocktail bitters
Made with organic lavender grown in Palisade, on Colorado's Western Slope. Clear lavender notes sing out, with subtle undertones of ginger and citrus. 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
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COLORADO SET cocktail bitters
The long-awaited collection of all-Colorado flavors, made possible by the introduction of our newest Lavender. Set contains one bottle each of Colorado Lavender, Colorado Cherry, and Palisade Peach in an attractive gift box. 3 x 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
CHERRY cocktail bitters
A cherry bomb, targeted directly at (your) Manhattan. Vibrant cherry, a hint of vanilla, and subtle spice complements the oak flavors in dark spirits, but the flavor profile is simple enough to use wherever a touch of cherry is needed. You'll never need a barspoon of syrup from the Luxardo jar again. 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
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ORANGE cocktail bitters
Why another orange bitters? Because bitter orange is a fundamental flavor that is essential in a wide range of cocktails. Ours is an elemental orange flavor, complemented by fennel and layered anise notes. Perfect in a Martini, but also at home with almost any spirit. 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
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AROMATIC cocktail bitters
The old-school workhorse. Our version of the go-to bitters, a base of baking spice is enlivened by bracing cardamom and anise notes. Use wherever standard bitters are indicated, but revel in the lack of gratuitous sweeteners and colorings. These Aromatic Bitters are perfect alone, but also work beautifully in combination with our Orange or Cherry Bitters. 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
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SMOKED ORANGE cocktail bitters
Smoked Orange is the new black. Orange zest is cold-smoked with alderwood, and the result is smoky but not overly intense; a finishing touch of mint adds interest. Built for and absolutely killer in tequila and mezcal drinks, but there are also unexpected and wonderful effects in combination with darker spirits. 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
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PASTICHE cocktail bitters
Every culture has one: an anise-flavored spirit like Absinthe, Pastis, Sambuca, or Ouzo. Such spirits are widely used in cocktails and tiki drinks. a wash here, a barspoon there, and the result is often a subtle, mysterious accent. Pastiche provides the same results in just a few squeezes, with layered anise, fennel, and licorice flavors. We don't suggest you fake a Sazerac with it, but you get the idea. 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
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ALPINO cocktail bitters
Amaro cocktails are all the rage, and Alpino delivers the flavors of a Mountain Amaro in a bitter, convenient, and easy-to-control format. The sage, mint, and herbal flavors can stand in for Amaro and herbal liqueurs in cocktails, but these bitters are useful and very versatile on their own. 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
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COLORADO CHERRY cocktail bitters
Made from beautiful Montmorency sour cherries from the Western Slope. Lighter than our regular Cherry Bitters, they are feminine, elegant, perfumed. 50% A.B.V.
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PALISADE PEACH cocktail bitters
Made with organic peaches grown in Palisade, on Colorado�s Western Slope. Very subtle baking spices complement the rich fruit flavors. A great friend to bourbon, and unbelievable in the neglected classic Trident cocktail. 50% A.B.V.
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MORNING GRAPEFRUIT cocktail bitters
Zesty grapefruit flavors, but with a pronounced aromatic backbone and a touch of juniper. Inspired by an eccentric uncle who enjoyed the old Southern habit of a breakfast grapefruit half with sugar and bitters added. A seasonal bitters made only in peak grapefruit season. 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
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BASIC SET cocktail bitters
The basic building blocks for your bar, and at a great price. Set contains one bottle each of Cherry, Orange, and Aromatic Bitters in an attractive gift box. 3 x 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
ENTHUSIAST SET cocktail bitters
Power tools for your bar, at an attractive discount. Set contains one bottle each of Smoked Orange, Alpino, and Pastiche Bitters in an attractive gift box. 3 x 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
CITRUS SET cocktail bitters
Luscious and unusual citrus flavors. Set contains one bottle each of Orange, Morning Grapefruit, and Smoked Orange Bitters in an attractive gift box. 3 x 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
TRAVELER SET cocktail bitters
Get to know Cocktailpunk. Set contains one sample-sized bottle each of our Basic and Enthusiast flavors in an attractive box with recipe card. TSA-approved! 6 x 0.5 oz., 50% A.B.V.
MEGA SET cocktail bitters
For the completeist (you know who you are), the mega-ultra-ninja set is here! One of every Basic and Enthusiast flavor, plus three of our seasonal or limited editions. Nine bottles in all at a special price. 9 x 2.0 oz., 50% A.B.V.
LOGO HIGHBALL GLASS
Our logo highball glass is suitable for many things: cooling Gin-Tonics, Campari Sodas, perfect Japanese Whiskey Highballs Mizuwari-style, even iced tea. 12 ounces is the perfect size.
All About Cocktail Bitters
Breaking Down the Bitters Mystery
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Bitters are a common bar ingredient that were considered a necessity in the early definition of a cocktail, but were left out of many drinks until their recent comeback thanks, in part, to an interest in classic cocktails.
Many brands of bitters began as medicinal tonics and soon found a home in cocktails as concentrated flavor stimulants that add a nice kick to the mix even though they are only used by the dash. The often secret formulas include a variety of herbs, fruits, spices, and roots . MORE distilled in a base liquor. In today's bar, bitters are essential, continue to evolve, and each brings its own qualities to each cocktail, so don't be afraid to experiment.
A number of bitter producers are listed below. These are some of the best known, though there are a growing number of small brands that are producing some great bitters. Brooklyn Hemispherical Bitters' Black Mission Fig is just one example of these and one that I recommend checking out.
More Bitter Details:
- Bitters are nonpotable, meaning that they are not meant to be consumed neat or on the rocks.
- Bitters can also be used in cooking: soups, salad dressings, pumpkin and apple pies, fish, etc.
- Orange bitters were once favored over aromatic and were in the original Martini .
- Make your own bitters . Find other great recipes in the books Imbibe! , Joy of Mixology and The Everything Bartender's Book .
- Older bitters which are almost extinct but may be listed in traditional recipes include Boker's, Boonekamp, Amer Picon , Hostetter's, West Indies, Pepsin, Fernet Branca, and Underberg. Substitute the modern brands if you see them in print.
- Better known as liqueurs, Averna and Campari are bitters as well.
- An excellent source for unusual bitters is Cocktail Kingdom .
- Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All - Written by Brad Thomas Parsons, this is an excellent book that explains bitters in great detail and includes recipes.
Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Possibly the most popular brand of bitters, Angostura should be considered a must when stocking a bar of any seriousness.
The story begins with Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert, a German doctor who found himself in Angostura, Venezuela in 1824 where he created this secret blend of tropical herbs and plants with the intent of curing a variety of illnesses.
The brand is now produced in Trinidad and the blend is still a well-kept, but much appreciated secret. The oversized, awkward label has also . MORE become a trademark of the brand. It's said that the wrong size was ordered and everyone in the facility thought someone else would fix the mistake, no one did and the label remains.
Angostura Orange Bitters
In 2008 Angostura released an orange bitter and it's everything one would anticipate from a company held in such high esteem in this tiny bottle market. This bottling has the same signature label as its aromatic counterpart so it is easily recognizable on the shelf. The clear bitters hold a perfectly citrus taste and compliment the best of cocktails when just a touch of acidic, bitter citrus is needed.
Fee Brothers Bitters
Fee Brothers has a line of bitters that has been produced in Rochester New York since the 1950's. What started for the family in 1847 as a butcher, then liquor, shop developed into a winery and importer. The bitters came later and rose in popularity with the distinction of being one of the most diverse lines of bitters.
Peychaud's Bitters
Antoine Peychaud was an apothecary in 1830's New Orleans and began his mixing career after hours in his pharmacy. It was at that time that Peychaud mixed up his secret-recipe bitters with brandy and absinthe and created the first Sazerac, a cocktail that defined and influenced future cocktails. Peychaud's bitters are used today in a number of cocktails and the aromatic blend is considered one of the must-have's of any well-stocked bar.
Regans' Orange Bitters No. 6
One of the newest bitters on the scene, Regans' Orange Bitter No. 6 is a shining star in the cocktail world. The idea was that of cocktail experts and authors Gary and Mardee Regan, who in the 1990's wanted a better orange bitter. The result is versatile bitters of orange peel, cardamom, caraway, coriander and other herbs inspired by an old recipe.
Scrappy's Bitters
Scrappy's was one of the first handcrafted bitters labels in the U.S. during the recent cocktail (and bitter) resurgence. The company started in 2008 and their simply flavored bitters are extremely useful in a variety of cocktails. The current product line includes: Aromatic, Cardamom, Celery, Chocolate, Grapefruit, Lavender, Lime, and Orange.
The Bitter Truth Bitters
The Bitter Truth and Bittermens were once working together to produce a few bottle of bitters, though it now seems that they are separated and each producing full lines of bitters. Read a review of the bitters from that time with the understanding that either of these companies is now solely responsible for different flavors.
That said, The Bitter Truth makes some of the best bitters you will find on the market today. Each of these were formulated specifically for classic cocktails and are . MORE perfect for modern drinks as well.
Bittercube Bitters
Another craft bitters brand, Bittercube produces a variety of unique bitters that can turn many favorite cocktails into spectacular drinks.
Their Bolivar bitters are an aromatic and can be used in any cocktail calling for bitters while the Jamaican #1 and #2 bitters are designed perfectly for tropical cocktails.
Other flavors from Bittercube include:
The Bitter End Bitters
The Bitter End produces some interesting bitters that are fun to experiment with. They are handcrafted and use natural ingredients.
The current list of bitters includes: Chesapeake Bay, Curry, Jamaican Jerk, Memphis Barbeque, Mexican Mole, Moroccan, and Thai.
Bittermens Bitters
Bittermens produces a line of bitters that are fun to play with and are different from those produced by other companies. The product line is very experimental and interesting and includes the following flavors: Xocolatl Mole, Hopped Grapefruit, Elemakule Tiki, Burlesque Bitters, New England Spiced Cranberry, New Orleans Coffee, and Aromatic Cucumber.
Bar Keep Bitters
The Greenbar Collective has an interesting collection of bitters that rotates from time to time. The distillery works with individual bartenders to create innovative bitters that are exciting to work with. The current list of bitters includes: Baked Apple, Chinese Bitters, Fennel, and Lavender Spice.
Cocktail Bitters
What Bitters Are
The bitters family tree includes European digestive bitters that are consumed by the glass, and high-octane patent medicines that were hawked with dubious health claims. Bitters entered the boozy vernacular in 1806, when an early definition of “cocktail” included bitters as one of the key components. Over the following decades, many styles entered circulation, with brands such as Boker’s, Abbott’s, Stoughton’s and Drake’s Plantation Bitters deployed in countless cocktails, along with two brands that survive today—Angostura and Peychaud’s. In addition to commercial brands, barkeepers across the country commonly prepared their own house styles of bitters. But by the end of the late 20th century, bitters were a forgotten extra in the grand show of mixology. “There was that crusty bottle of Angostura on every bar’s shelf, and who knew how long that had been there,” Brown says. “Peychaud’s Bitters were even less available.”
Today that situation has dramatically changed. The modern bitters selection includes re-creations of vintage recipes and contemporary takes on classic styles, as well as bitters from a new generation of producers who are as likely to reach for hot chiles, roasted cacao nibs, celery seed or lavender flowers as they are for tradtional ingredients, making the bitters available to today’s bartenders an embarrassment of riches. “Almost any flavor of bitters is available online or is distributed locally,” says Brown, who uses a dozen styles of bitters at The Passenger, and more than 30 styles at the Columbia Room, many of which are made locally or crafted in house. “I’m pretty enthusiastic about how it’s changed.”
For cocktails made with aged spirits, such as whiskey or brandy, or robust ingredients, such as sweet vermouth, the best bitters are usually from the class known as “aromatic.” Most aromatic bitters have familiar spice flavors—cinnamon, cloves and cardamom, along with vanilla and leather notes if they’re oak-aged—that share common ground with aged spirits in classics like a Manhattan or Old Fashioned. “A lot of the flavors in aromatic bitters are found in whiskey and vermouth,” says Giuseppe Gonzalez, co-owner of Painkiller, a tiki bar in Manhattan. Gonzalez says that when these full-flavored ingredients meet in a mixing glass, each surrenders some of its character, but by adding aromatic bitters, those subtle nuances are restored. “There’s a natural marriage of flavors between the ingredients, and the bitters bring everything together,” he says. “They bump up the flavor of the whiskey to where it should be, and it enhances the flavors that are already there.”
The longtime regent of aromatic bitters is Angostura, produced since 1824 from a secret recipe and packaged with a densely worded paper label that seems too big for the bottle. Recently plagued by distribution problems, Angostura is usually widely available, and until recently it was the only aromatic bitters sold in most regions of the country. Similarly venerable is Peychaud’s Bitters, a softer, more floral style introduced in New Orleans around 1830. Instead of the usual winter-spice profile, Peychaud’s has a rich anise-laden flavor that works exceptionally well in New Orleans classics, such as the Sazerac and Vieux Carré, as well as with Scotch whisky in such drinks as the Flying Scotsman.
The past few years have seen an aromatic bonanza, as brands such as Fee Bros. Old-Fashion Aromatic Bitters (and another Fee’s style, aged in used whiskey barrels) have become more widely available. Bitters experienced a further boost starting in 2006, when German bartenders Stephan Berg and Alexander Hauck launched The Bitter Truth with a line that included spice-rich aromatic bitters and Jerry Thomas Decanter Bitters, based on a recipe from the 19th-century bartender. “In the old days they had so many different types of aromatic bitters,” Berg says. “We wanted to extend the understanding of these kinds of bitters, and we thought it wouldn’t hurt if we had a second style so people could make their choice, and to give some credit to the most famous bartender of the 19th century.”
Adding to the reappearance of vintage styles of aromatic bitters, last year Scottish bartender Adam Elmegirab introduced a re-creation of Boker’s Bitters, a brand that originally debuted in 1828 and was key to such drinks as the Japanese Cocktail and the Martinez, but which has been out of production since the 1920s.
While aromatic bitters are synonymous with 19th-century classic cocktails, they’re also an essential component in exotic drinks, such as those from tiki pioneer Donn Beach, who combined Angostura with Pernod as a secret signature in such drinks as the Test Pilot and the Zombie. At the tiki-themed Painkiller, Gonzalez gives a Queen’s Park Swizzle an aromatic boost by dashing Angostura on top of the drink. Such an ardent advocate for bitters that he developed the Trinidad Sour—a concept-warping drink that’s based on a full ounce of Angostura—Gonzalez says that even in complex exotic drinks made with multiple rums and tropical juices, bitters can be essential to centering a drink’s flavor. “Especially in a drink with three rums, cinnamon syrup, grenadine, absinthe and falernum,” he says, “you need one ingredient that can bring everything together.”
Almost defunct as a style only a few years, ago, orange bitters are now available from several producers. For several years, Fee Bros. kept the style alive with their West Indian Orange Bitters, which has a soft, citrusy flavor. Then in 2005 they were joined by Regans’ Orange Bitters No. 6, a crisp and spicy bitters developed by bartender and drinks writer Gary Regan. The Bitter Truth introduced an orange bitters in 2006, and in 2008 Angostura added to its product line with an orange bitters that has an assertive natural-orange flavor and an impressively complex depth.
While aromatic bitters share many flavor characteristics with aged spirits, such as whiskey, orange bitters seem tailor-made for the airy herbaceousness of gin (it was a staple ingredient in Martinis during the cocktail’s first five decades). Orange bitters also have a particular affinity for herbal liqueurs, such as Chartreuse, and appear in such drinks as the gin-based Bijou and the intensely floral Alaska Cocktail. While the spice notes of aromatic bitters often make them a better accent in drinks made with bourbon or rye, Brown says orange bitters help balance the heaviness of Scotch whisky when used in cocktails like the Rob Roy.
Recently, orange has been joined by other citrus flavors in the bitters category, including grapefruit versions from Fee Bros. and Bittermens Bitters. The Bittermens grapefruit bitters use an ingredient familiar to craft-beer drinkers: Pacific Northwest hops. “The hops give the bitters a nice, green, vegetal taste, but also some flavor tenacity,” says co-founder Avery Glasser. “If you think about a hoppy Northwest IPA, that flavor hangs in your mouth for a while, much longer than if you drink grapefruit juice.” In addition to such drinks as the gin-based Charles Lindbergh from Boston bartender Jackson Cannon, Glasser says a favored use for these bitters is to dash them into a gin and tonic along with a splash of maraschino liqueur.
The craft-cocktail revival has been accompanied by a flood of new spirits and flavors, some requiring a re-imagining of bitters. While living in San Francisco in 2007, Glasser and his wife, Janet, had the idea of creating a tequila-friendly bitters for a Mexico-born bartender at Bacar restaurant. Free-associating their way toward a flavor, the Glassers settled on a style with the rich, spicy character of molé. “I combined classic bitter theory with new flavors,” Avery says. “Classic bitters have cinchona and angelica and gentian, which are standard European digestive bitters components; but we also used Mexican-style cacao, Mexican cinnamon and hot pepper. I don’t think anyone’s used hot pepper flakes in a classic bitters recipe.”
While developing what became Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters, the Glassers became part of a growing number of producers who are creating new styles. In Vermont, Urban Moonshine makes bitters with the richness of maple syrup; Maine-based Sweetgrass Farm Winery & Distillery makes brightly flavored cranberry and blueberry bitters; Jamaican Bitters based on rum and flavored with Caribbean spices are made by Milwaukee-based Bittercube, from bartenders Nicholas Kosevich and Ira Koplowitz; and Boudreau’s Bitters, from Seattle bartender Jamie Boudreau, features a bright and lush Cherry Bitters.
Also in Seattle, bartender Miles Thomas has been making Scrappy’s Bitters since 2008. Thomas now sells styles ranging from a classic orange to lavender, chocolate and cardamom. While his emphasis is on bitters that feature a single flavor, each style requires the use of multiple ingredients such as grains of paradise, angelica root, horehound and mace. “Most of the time, one flavor has multiple components, so something like cardamom can taste like a couple of different things,” he says.
Other novel flavors continue to appear on the bar. The Bitter Truth released a celery bitters in 2008 that quickly became a favorite in savory gin and tequila cocktails. This year the company introduced a Creole Bitters that has an anise-laden richness. This summer, the Glassers introduced two new styles of Bittermens Bitters: a citrus- and ginger-accented Elemakule Tiki Bitters made for tropical-style rum cocktails; and Boston Bittahs, flavored with citrus and chamomile and designed to work with gin.
For Brown, the array of available bitters has opened a new frontier of flavor. “You can look at drinks analytically and come up with new flavor combinations that are excellent,” he says. “Now you can ask, ‘What are the best bitters for this cocktail?’ rather than, ‘What are the only bitters available for this cocktail?’ “
Paul Clarke is Imbibe's Executive Editor and the author of The Cocktail Chronicles: Navigating the Cocktail Renaissance With Jigger, Shaker & Glass, released in July of 2015. He believes in the importance of a diverse liquid diet.
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3 Cynar Cocktails to Make the Bitter Sweet
If you know your way around an Aperol Spritz, are acquainted with Campari and could sip Negronis all day (well, as much as propriety allows), perhaps it’s time to meet the next-level amaro: Cynar. (Pronounced chee-NAR, not SY-nar). Another classic Italian liqueur, it’s made with a number of botanicals, chief among them the artichoke, whose image graces its bright red label. There’s nothing particularly artichoke-y about the flavor, although its woodsy, earthy characteristics might remind you of one.
Like all amari, (Italian herbal liqueurs) Cynar is a balance of sweet and bitter, although this guy is further toward the bitter end than most. Swap it for Campari in a Negroni, sip it simply from a tiny glass at the end of a meal or try it in one of these three simple cocktails—all guaranteed to sweeten you toward the particular taste of bitter.
A good aperitif is lively, bitter and refreshing; Cynar with soda ticks all of those boxes perfectly. It’s vibrantly flavored but quite low in alcohol, so two before dinner won’t derail your evening. We like it with a lemon wedge garnish squeezed in there.
Instructions: In a tall glass with ice, combine 1½ ounces of Cynar with 4 ounces of soda. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Intermediate: La Alcachofa
Good tequila—probably not the kind you shot in college—often has grassy or vegetal flavors to it, which are echoed perfectly in Cynar. This stirred Manhattan-like cocktail, made with just two ingredients, is as easy as it is sophisticated. Stir well and sip slowly.
Instructions: In a mixing glass with ice, combine 1 ounce of Cynar and 2 ounces of reposado tequila (we’re using Roca Patrón Reposado). Stir them together until very well chilled, at least 30 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon peel, twisting it over the surface of the drink first to release its citrus oils.
Advanced: Presbyterian’s Revenge
One of our favorite cocktails ever, this one-two punch of Scotch and Cynar gets lightened up with lemon and a big twist of grapefruit. It’s an incredibly complex drink, given how simple it really is: just four ingredients shaken together.
Instructions: In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine 2 ounces of blended Scotch (we used Cutty Sark Prohibition), ¾ ounce of Cynar, ¼ ounce of lemon juice and ¼ ounce of simple syrup (equal parts of hot water and sugar, dissolved). Dash in orange bitters if you have them. Shake that hard, then strain it into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Top with ½ ounce of club soda and garnish with a big twist of grapefruit, squeezing it over the top of the drink to spritz its oils over the surface.
What are bitters and how are they used in cocktails?
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
Bittercube bitters are handcrafted in Milwaukee. Bitters add a unique flavor to any drink.
"Bitters are like the spice rack of the cocktail world," according to Ira Koplowitz, co-founder of Bittercube.
"When cooking with spices, drastically different flavor profiles can be achieved with varying spice blends," he said. "The same can be said for bitters."
More literally speaking, bitters are a liquid extraction of seeds, herbs, bark, roots, flowers, leaves and fruit of various plants. They are highly concentrated and are used by the dash to flavor cocktails.
Their history, according to Koplowitz, goes back to ancient times when bittering agents were used by apothecaries to cleanse the body of toxins and aid in digestion.
Today bitters come in little bottles with eyedroppers, and a drop or two can drastically change the flavor profile of a drink.
"When applied judiciously, they expose the diversity of aromas and flavors in a cocktail," Koplowitz said.
Each brand of bitters has its own qualities that bring unique flavors to cocktails. Angostura and Peychaud's are two old, esteemed brands that you may run across in classic cocktail recipes. Locally, Bittercube has been making handcrafted bitters in Milwaukee since 2009.
Bitters can add interest to simple drinks like a vodka tonic or balance the sour and sweet flavors of sours and fizzes. Koplowitz said bitters add needed complexity to stirred cocktails like the old-fashioned and the Manhattan, both of which call for Angostura bitters. Try garnishing a completed cocktail with five drops of bitters on top for added aroma.
Send your questions about food, drinks, home décor, gardening, entertaining, style and DIY to Fresh producer Alison Sherwood (asherwood@journalsentinel.com) and Fresh will consult the experts and provide you with answers.
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Brandy Old-Fashioned Sweet
Columnist Toby Cecchini provided his recipe for a brandy old-fashioned in a 2009 column:
Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients
A bar spoon of sugar
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 slice of orange
1 slug of brandy
Lots and lots of ice
A splash of soda (7-up)
A bright red maraschino cherry, often with an extra dose of the fluorescent juice that they swim in
Preparation
Mix all ingredients in a glass. Combine, stir and serve.
Captain Truman
This drink is adapted from the proprietors of Bittercube.
For measuring purposes, 1 ounce equals 2 tablespoons; ½ ounce, therefore, is 1 tablespoon, ¾ ounce is 2 ¼ teaspoons, and 1 ½ ounces equals 3 tablespoons.
Makes 1 drink
Ingredients
1 ounce Paul Masson Brandy
¾ ounce Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur
¾ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce simple syrup
1 ½ ounces sparkling wine
Garnish: 7 drops of Bolivar Bitters and a lemon twist
Preparation
To a cocktail shaker with ice, add brandy, liqueur, lemon juice and simple syrup. Lightly shake without sparkling wine and strain into flute-shaped glass. Top with sparkling wine and garnish with bitters and lemon twist.
The Winter Fitzgerald
This drink is called a Fitzgerald. Essentially it's a gin sour, but the addition of bitters makes all the difference.
Makes 1 drink
Ingredients
¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
¾ ounce Winter Spice Simple Syrup (see recipe)
2 dashes (or several drops) orange bitters
Preparation
Combine everything in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled glass.
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Cocktail Stencils the Easy Way: Bitter Stencils Kickstarter
It wasn’t until just a few weeks ago that I had my first stenciled drink at a craft cocktail bar in San Francisco. Of course, I was immediately delighted to see a flower adorning the foam of my whiskey ginger, and my first thought was, why can’t all of my drinks look like this? Oh wait, they can? If Bitter Stencils raises $4,118 more dollars in the next 15 days, this dream can become reality. K.C. and Marcella Daniels of Las Vegas, NV have been working on this project for almost a year now and could soon see their stencils distributed internationally with just a little help from you.
Why Cocktail Stencils
Another lovechild of the craft cocktail resurgence, cocktail stencils add a fun, decorative element to any foamy drink you can come up with. Stenciled cocktails are not something you’re likely to find at your local bar most likely due to the difficulty involved in making the stencils themselves. Anyone wanting to add a bold statement to their drinks through imagery had to hand cut their own stencils, an extremely laborious process which can result in undesired results or inconsistencies in the design. Bitter Stencil’s goal is to provide bartenders (professional or amateur) a way to be able to add a little flair to every concoction in no time, with less effort, and for way less money.
What Are They Exactly?
Each stencil plate is made of a 3mm thick acrylic that is matte on one side. The high quality plastic used is 5 inches in diameter, and 2.5 inches long to fit nearly any size cup. The stencils are durable, stain resistant, and completely washable, meaning they will last longer than their hand-cut counterparts. There are currently 4 different themed sets that will start off Bitter Stencils’ first round of production: “Whalin’ and Sailin” a nautical themed set, “Owl Mustache Your Dog a Question” a set of topical imagery (the corgi is too cute!), “Socially Relevant” featuring punctuation marks to delight your literary-minded friends, and “I Do’s” a wedding set designed to make your special day perfect to the last drop. There’s even an array of Holiday options to spice up every daunting family event you can imagine. Not quite what you need? Order a custom set to up the team spirit at your next Super Bowl party, impress investors at a benefit, or just get a kick out of drinking your own name or logo.
How Can I Use It?
Don’t think you have to limit yourself to mixology. The stencils fit any size cup and any drink with a layer of foam on top will hold the stenciled image. The Kickstarter lists potential toppings as atomized bitters, cocoa, or cinnamon, but in a broader sense potentially any powdered or atomized substance would work. Have a baby shower coming up? Use the “Whalin’ and Sailin” set and spray bottles of blue and red food coloring to playfully and deliciously announce, “It’s a boy!” Think how much more you’d enjoy a beautiful morning sipping on a frothy latte if it were adorned with a cinnamon owl. Spray atomized bitters over your favorite foamy cocktail and wow your friends at your next book club meeting. Not only do Bitter Stencils provide a lovely decorative touch to all of your beverages, but it also helps spread the flavor of whatever topping you add so there’s a taste of it in every sip.
Currently the prices are projected as being $10 individually, $35 for a pre-chosen set of 4, and $50 for a set of 4 custom designs (this can be 4 different designs, 4 of the same, 2 of one and 2 of another, etc.). If the opening of the online store sets a good pace there may be potential for deals in the future, along the lines of $5 off if you buy 2 sets. For custom designs you will only need to provide a vector/logo file for each image you want a stencil made from. Pledge $8 now on the Kickstarter page and save $2 on a single stencil, or pledge $25 and save $10 on your first set of 4 (I say first because I know you’ll eventually want them all) plus a labeled tin to keep them in. Backers will get their rewards in the first round of shipment projected for May.
A Chat with one of the Founders:
Still not convinced? I had the opportunity to speak to one of the creative minds behind Bitter Stencils, K.C. Daniels, and I asked him a few questions to get to know the company and the product a little better. It’s always nice to know exactly who and what your money is funding.
K.C. & Marcella Daniels, Co-Founders of Bitter Stencils
What led you to the idea that started this project and how long has this been in the works?
We have been working on this for just shy of a year. What led my fiancée and I to the idea that kicked this project off was actually two seemingly unrelated discussions that happened in close timing to each other. One was between a very great friend of mine, we were discussing gobos, which are basically stencils used for lighting to project company logos on the grounds and walls at events. Shortly thereafter I showed my fiancée an article I saw mentioning these stenciled drinks; in which they discussed how people hand cut their own. We had just gotten a Cricut at the time and we talked a bit about it and gave it a shot, it didn’t turn out how we’d hoped though, and we felt that it was largely due to the thin stencil film we used. It would sag into the drink, especially once we sprayed it, and when lifted just ruin any image we got. Then it hit us; we’ll try laser cut plastic. After a handful of prototypes with our manufacturer, Ponoko, we felt confident in the reliability of it. From there we drew on our own creative backgrounds to develop the initial sets of designs to offer.
How did you decide on the designs and groupings that would start off the first round of production? Do you have any personal connection or special favorites in the designs/groupings?
We do have reasoning behind our initial set; we tried to keep it open to a variety of items while keeping it hip with what is popular right now. We both love nautical imagery and thus our “Whalin’ and Sailin'” set was born, from there we saw a lot of owls being used as inspiration for chotchkies, as well as the tried and true mustache, and corgis and dachsunds too. Our holiday set was born from thinking of Bitter Stencils almost like cookie cutters, where you’re gathering to celebrate and you want topically relevant designs to apply to your drinks. We offer a set called “Socially Relevant” and that one came directly from a personal love of the shape of ampersands, and how socially connected and influenced we are. Our wedding set really comes from an idea we had to up the drink game at weddings. Everything already has the bride & groom’s touch on it, why not add that to the drinks and create a signature drink stenciled with hearts, or even their monogram?
When your online store does open, will there be limits on how far you can or will ship?
We’d like to keep it open, as long as you can provide us a valid address, we’d like to be able to get our customers what they’re looking for.
Could you give a more specific breakdown of what the $4,950 that you are trying to raise will be spent on?
I’d be delighted to! Our manufacturer has price breaks the more we order, so we’d like to use a portion of our funding to fund a nice order from them to fulfill rewards as well as have initial inventory to start the online store with. The rest would go towards opening our online store, and being able to pre-pay (at a discounted rate) for a year or two’s worth of service with them, to keep monthly operating costs as minimal as possible.
Time’s Running Out:
If you’d like to skip the hassle of making your own (check out our video if you need proof, it’s a lot of work), head on over to the Bitter Stencils project on Kickstarter and back the project. You’ll get some of the first available stencils, and you’ll be supporting a great new type of creative cocktail art!
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About the Author: Chelsa Lauderdale
Chelsa Lauderdale has been writing for as long as she can remember and drinking whiskey for as long as she’s been allowed. Find more of her work at whowhat-whenwhyhow.tumblr.com
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