Cocktails With Bitters
310 recipes. A few dashes of the most concentrated thing on the shelf.
Bitters are high-proof infusions of bark, root and spice, used a few dashes at a time. They are seasoning, not an ingredient, and the right comparison is salt: nobody tastes them individually in a finished drink, and a drink missing them tastes vaguely incomplete without anyone being able to say why.
Angostura is the default and covers almost everything. Peychaud's is lighter, more anise-forward and brighter red, and it is what makes a Sazerac a Sazerac. Orange bitters are the third bottle worth owning and they belong in a Martini more often than most recipes admit.
A bottle lasts years. At 40% ABV and a few dashes a drink, one will outlive most of the spirits on the shelf.
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All 310 recipes
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- Mulled Claret Claret Wine, Aromatic Bitters, Lemon Juice
- Rum Swizzle Rum, Carbonated Water, Lime Juice
- Horse Feathers Blended Whiskey, Aromatic Bitters, Ginger Ale
- Wilfred's Weather Dry Vermouth, Gin, Ricard(R) Pastis
- East India Cocktail #1 Brandy, Jamaican Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Green Fairy Absinthe, Water, Lemon Juice
- New Fashioned Bourbon, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- Vicious Sid Light Rum, Southern Comfort(R), Triple Sec Liqueur
- Benedictine Cocktail Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur, Angostura(R) Bitters, Lemon Juice
- Fox River Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Crème de Cacao Brun Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Mikado Brandy, Triple Sec Liqueur, Crème de Noyaux Liqueur
- Moulin Rouge Cocktail Sloe Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Aromatic Bitters
- White Lion Cocktail Light Rum, Lemon Juice, Grenadine
- Baronial Lillet(R) Blanc, Gin, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Rose of Warsaw Wyborowa(R) Vodka, Cherry Liqueur, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- James Bond Vodka, Angostura(R) Bitters, Granulated Sugar
- Netherland Triple Sec Liqueur, Brandy, Aromatic Bitters
- Ragged Company Bourbon, Sweet Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Bennet Cocktail Gin, Lime Juice, Sugar Syrup
- Brazil Cocktail Dry Sherry, Dry Vermouth, Anise
- Lime Rickey Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Nineteenth Hole Gin, Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth
- New Orleans Martini Stoli(R) Vanil Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Pernod(R)
- Czarine Vodka, Dry Vermouth, Apricot Brandy
- Manhattan Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Bourbon, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Sloeberry Cocktail Sloe Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Bastardo Dry Vermouth, Sweet Vermouth, Brandy
- Classic Champagne Cocktail Champagne, Cognac, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Dandy Cocktail Rye Whiskey, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Hard Eight Barbancourt(R) Dark Rum, Lime Juice, Peychaud's(R) Bitters
- Whiskey Swizzle Blended Whiskey, Aromatic Bitters, Lime Juice
- Ginza Strip Sake, Sweet Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Bardstown Rittenhouse(R) 100 Proof Rye Whiskey, Laird's(R) Applejack Brandy, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Cabaret Gin, Dry Vermouth, Bénédictine(R) Herbal Liqueur
- Chinese Cocktail Jamaican Dark Rum, Triple Sec Liqueur, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur
- Lolita Tequila, Lime Juice, Honey
- Sherman Tank Blended Whiskey, B&B(R) Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Perfect Classic Manhattan Knob Creek(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Martini & Rossi(R) Rosso Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Perfect Manhattan Blended Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
- T.L.C. Blended Whiskey, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur, Ricard(R) Pastis
- Basic Bill Aged Rum, Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Grand Marnier(R) Orange Liqueur
- Colony Room Cocktail Ricard(R) Pastis, Gin, Noilly Prat(R) Extra Dry Vermouth
- Four Roses Cocktail Four Roses(R) Bourbon Whiskey, Dry Vermouth, Crème de Menthe Blanche Liqueur
- Great Secret Gin, Lillet(R) Blanc, Angostura(R) Bitters
- Island Breeze Light Rum, Pineapple Juice, Cranberry Juice
- King James II Scotch, Tawny Port, Dry Vermouth
- Moll Flanders Cocktail Gin, Sloe Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Balmoral Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth
