Once used for medicinal purposes, today's flavor-packed cocktail bitters are spice-laden, herbal extracts that can transform a drink with a mere drop or two. As the name suggests, the alcoholic ...

The Vieux Carré is a New Orleans classic cocktail made up of rye whiskey, Cognac, sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, and aromatic ...

Like most people, I drink bitters in cocktails or to undo the effects of too many cocktails. Recently I've been adding them to my SodaStream seltzer as a way to wean myself off LaCroix pamplemousse. I ...

Lately, one Angeleno has been telling bartenders to keep adding bitters to her Champagne cocktail “until it’s the color of my prom dress.” That’s way more than a dash or two -- it takes about a ...

Sipsmith is a small-batch made London Dry gin made in England. Ketel One is a vodka made in the Netherlands. St-Germain is ...

We all go through phases in life. Like baking sourdough bread or regrowing scallions on windowsills. Or wearing hot pants (hey, they're back!). You may have gone through a cocktail phase, particularly ...

Method: In a 1-liter glass jar or bottle with a locking lid, combine all the ingredients except the filtered water. Shake well to combine. Store the jar in a cool, dark place for three weeks. Every ...

It is theorized that humans are the only species that embraces bitterness. A sensation that once indicated poison, or danger, bitter now is embraced as one the five tastes that create complexity and ...

Around the turn of the millennium, when the nascent craft-bartending community discovered vintage bar books from the 19th century, re-creating classic cocktails was a huge challenge. Many of the ...