This bitters "starter pack" is to drinks like your spice rack is to food! Several of our favorite classic and current mixed drinks share an ingredient that nearly all professional mixologists swear by ...

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

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 ...

Let’s say there are two kinds of cocktails. One kind tries to charm you with subtlety and nuance, each ingredient briefly highlighted on the palate before handing off to another, the whole experience ...

Doled out in dashes and drops, bitters are but a minuscule portion of any cocktail, yet they’re often the difference between just-okay and great, the way a pinch of cayenne can be the crucial element ...

Calling the ingredient responsible for altering the flavor profile of a drink "bitters" may be a disservice to it. Steeping herbs, seeds, and bark in alcohol certainly creates a bitter concoction, but ...

Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date. Our ...

Aromatic bitters, according to our experts, are the most common and classic bitters you can get. They tend to have notes of spices and bittering herbs and are traditionally added to cocktails like old ...

If you haven’t tried Caña Rum Bar‘s boozy ice cream float, Schoolyard Crush, yet, get thee to Downtown right quick. In this decadent root beer float-style cocktail made with rum and Mexican Coke it’s ...