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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- Columbia Cocktail Brandy, Sweet Vermouth, Lemon Juice
- Dusty Dog Vodka, Crème de Cassis Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Journalist Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Gin
- Artillery Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Bengal Brandy, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Triple Sec Liqueur
- Gin Cocktail Gin, Aromatic Bitters
- Gin Swizzle Lime Juice, Caster Sugar, Gin
- Harry's Harveys Punch Harvey's(R) Bristol Cream Sherry, Maraschino Cherry Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- J. R.'s Revenge Bourbon, Southern Comfort(R), Aromatic Bitters
- Metropolitan Caster Sugar, Brandy, Sweet Vermouth
- Monte-Sano Myers's(R) Original Dark Rum, Mount Gay(R) Eclipse Rum, Aromatic Bitters
- Ladies Cocktail Blended Whiskey, Anisette Liqueur, Aromatic Bitters
- Champs Elysees Cocktail Brandy, Chartreuse(R) Yellow Liqueur, Lemon Juice
- Deshler Cocktail Dubonnet(R) Rouge, Rye Whiskey, Cointreau(R) Orange Liqueur
- Duplex French Vermouth, Italian Vermouth, Angostura(R) Bitters
- San Francisco Cocktail Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, Sloe Gin
- Wiseguy Tuaca(R) Liqueur, Bombay Sapphire(R) Gin, Dry Vermouth
- Old Cuban Mint Leaves, Aged Rum, Lime Juice
- Rabo de Galo Cachaça, Cinzano(R) Rosso Vermouth, Cynar(R) Liqueur
- Three Dots and a Dash Martinique Rum, Aged Rum, Falernum
- Trinidad Sour Angostura(R) Bitters, Orgeat Syrup, Lemon Juice
- Vieux Carré Rye Whiskey, Cognac, Sweet Vermouth
