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$27.99Some classic cocktails, including the sweet & salty margarita, lack the extra complexity that bitters might add....
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$27.99Some classic cocktails, including the fruity daiquiri, lack the extra complexity that bitters might add. Enter Bob...
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$30.00Ready to have some fun in your home bar? This gift-y bitters sampler features five 1/2-ounce bottles of Crude's best...
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$14.00This seasonal offering from our friends at Crude Bitters is a perfect concoction of stone fruit silkiness from...View More
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$20.00Perk up with a rich, velvety addition to any cocktail, using whole coffee beans and bittersweet cocoa nibs. Poke the...
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$20.00Southern magnolia bark provides a subtle floral aroma, and a bitter finish rounds out the nuttiness of toasted...
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$20.00Crude Bitters' take on traditional aromatic bitters, versatile enough to enhance most light and dark spirits....
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$20.00The first bitters to claim a Good Food Award, its rosemary, grapefruit, and black peppercorn notes crowned Rizzo a...
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$14.00This 2017 Good Food Awards Winner is woodsy and piney, layered with citrusy allspice-like notes. This seasonal...
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$20.00Ensure that flattery comes your way as you dash a couple of drops of "Sycophant" into the gin and bourbon drinks at...
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$13.99Winner of a 2018 Good Food Award, these chocolate bitters are hand crafted from organic ingredients by Modern Bar...
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$13.99Jazz up your gin & vroom up your vodka. The floral, grassy flavor profile of Embitterment Lavender Bitters is...
Growing up, if our parents had bitters at all, it was likely a dusty bottle of aromatic bitters way back in cupboard. There wasn't a big choice in brands or flavors. Craft cocktails wasn't a thing. Lucky for us, things have changed. Today cocktail bitters are hot, and they come in gorgeously packaged bottles and lots of flavors. Fruit bitters concocted from orange or grapefruit peel can add an acidic complexity to a mixed drink like a Margarita. Aromatic bitters, infused with spices like cardamom or cloves, lend spicy notes that can warm up a Tiki cocktail in unexpected ways.
What are bitters, exactly?
Bitters are the end result of a months-long process of macerating, distilling, and filtering neutral grain alcohol with botanicals such as seeds, herbs, roots, barks, leaves, flowers, fruits, or vegetables. The resulting extract is highly aromatic and potent which is why you only need a dash--or drop--or two at a time. Fruit bitters, especially, have gained great traction recently among forward-thinking bartenders.
What do Bitters add to a cocktail?
Bitters add flavor, complexity, and balance to a mixed drink. They temper the harshness of the alcohol and even out the sweetness of, say, a simple syrup or sweet vermouth. There is alcohol in bitters, but a very small amount in the few drops called for in most drink recipes, so they don't make drinks more potent.
Are bitters good for anything besides mixed drinks?
Yes! Swap out a flavored bitters for vanilla in baked goods or whipped cream--a cinnamon, clove, or cherry flavor could be divine. Use a few dashes of a celery or orange bitters in a salad dressing for extra zing. And definitely use them in non-alcoholic beverages: mix with club soda and a sweet syrup, or even into a juice drink, to mix things up.
A little bottle of bitters goes a long way and makes a nice gift - to yourself or a lucky friend.