Originally sold as a medicinal tincture in the 19th century, bitters are often one of the most overlooked cocktail ingredients. However, any experienced bartender will tell you that just a few drops ...

Cocktails have a long history — and many are accompanied by Angostura bitters, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago in 1824. The product began as a medical elixir for the armies of Simón Bolívar, ...

Cocktail expert Adam Lantheaume isn’t afraid to tell the bitters truth. Making drinks without adding a dash or two of bitters is like cooking without seasoning. “We think of cocktail bitters as the ...

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Lawrence Batterton is a medicinal herbalist by trade who a decade ago, stumbled quite successfully into the bitters business. “I started making cocktail bitters for holiday gifts,” he says. “I’d play ...

Since then, he’s been creating another new cocktail menu for The Parlor, which will include six new recipes and should be ready in a couple of weeks. One of the cocktails he has planned includes ...

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 ...