Sarsaparilla Bitters are an amazing old-timey addition to your drink. They are an easy addition to bourbon drinks, but they are also surprisingly tasty with gin. Add this to your arsenal for some sweet nostalgic flavor notes. Sarsaparilla is a unique flavor. The ground root is highly aromatic with a sweet spicy vanilla flavor. It…
Cola Bitters Recipe – Put a Cocktail in Your Cocktail.
This Cola Bitters recipe is one of my favorite cocktail components. Cola bitters are a fun and surprising addition to a cocktail. They give a quick hit of a familiar flavor, but they don’t dominate. The effect can be both familiar and surprising at the same time. The best thing about the flavor of cola…
Strawberry Bitters – Make Your Summer Drink Better
Strawberry Bitters Recipe Make your summer cocktail way more interesting… Ok, so it takes a while. These will work year round. Strawberry Bitters – I love these Strawberry Bitters because they build on the complex flavors of the strawberry. Strawberries are ever present in summer. They can become such a part of the culinary landscape…
Make Your Own Bitters: The Guide
Make Your Own Bitters An Awesome How to Challenge Today you are going to make your own bitters. That’s right, in this section of the Cocktail Bitters Guide we are going to dive into creating your own unique bitters blend. Making your own bitters is a challenge. It involves balancing a huge range of complex and…
Where to Buy the Best Bitters? Your Ultimate Guide.
Where Can You Buy Bitters? This Bitters Buyers Guide is Part 3 in Cocktail Monkey’s Cocktail Bitter’s Guide. Figuring out where you can buy bitters can be a huge pain. While there is a huge selection available they aren’t always easy to find. This post is the beginning of a directory. Over time we hope…
Drinks Made With Bitters – The Cocktail Bitters Guide
Bitters Guide Part 2 – Drinks Made With Bitters In Part 2 of the Cocktail Bitters Guide, we are taking a look at some classic drinks made with bitters. Most of the recipes have been previously published elsewhere on the site so we are going to post links to those recipes here. If you missed…
Cocktail Bitters – The Guide to Using and Making Bitters
Cocktail Bitters – Cocktail Monkey’s Guide. Bitters are an important part of the cocktail renaissance, but they are not always well understood. Learn more.