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. Cola Bitters – Photo by Justin Helmick on Reshot The best thing…
How to Make a Champagne Cocktail CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL An easy three ingredient drink made with everyone’s favorite way to celebrate. The Champagne Cocktail is an easy way to level up your bubbly. It is an elegant celebratory drink. The addition of bitters and sugar turns your champagne into a fizzy herbal cooler. It is the…
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…
Bermuda Rum Swizzle Recipe Get Out Your Swizzle Stick Bermuda Rum Swizzle is the rum based cocktail that introduced the swizzle stick to the world. As the name implies, the drink originated in Bermuda. It is one of a handful of drinks competing for the title of ‘national drink of Bermuda’. Description of the Item…
The Best Bourbon for You The Guide to Choosing the Best Bourbon In this guide, we’ll look at the elements that shape the flavor of a #bourbon. Then we’ll look at different styles and bottlings of bourbon. I have included tasting notes for a selection of some of the best bourbons on the market. Finally,…
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…
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 – Cocktail Monkey’s Guide. Bitters are an important part of the cocktail renaissance, but they are not always well understood. Learn more.
