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 ...

With quarantine stretching on and folks drinking with a post-Prohibition level of fervor, home cocktail culture is booming. That’s why you need some solid bitters on your bar cart — a mix of classics ...

Bitters are like salt and pepper to bartenders: A good drink-maker will season cocktails with a shake of bitters to bring balance and lift flavor. You’re likely familiar with some of the most common ...

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 ...

Evan Mallett is hovering over some plants in a Victorian-era greenhouse in Portsmouth, N.H. Mallett, a chef at the Black Trumpet Bistro, is collecting medicinal herbs, which he infuses in alcohol to ...

When your belly is upset, fast relief is important. But wouldn’t it be nice to not have an upset stomach to begin with? Digestive bitters can be used to naturally prevent the most common types of ...

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 ...

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