Bringing Bitters Back

Give your home bar a backbone with homemade bitters.

It’s more than just ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control for those without them) stores. Bitters fall into two categories, potable and non-potable. Campari is an excellent example of a potable bitter, and Angostura is considered...

generally prefer it before dinner, and in tails like the Negroni), Cynar, Averna, Montenegro, and Ramazzotti. A few dashes of non-potable bitters (Angostura, Peychaud’s, Fee’s Orange, etc.) in soda water is also a...

or Becherovka; or b) a few drops of a non-potable bitters like Angostura, Angostura Orange, Peychaud’s, the Fee Brothers line of bitters, and Regan’s Orange #6. The world is your oyster! http://mcslimjb.blogspot.com/

in the revival of forgotten classics ranging in origin from the 19th-century Golden Age of tails to about the start of Prohibition. By definition, these entail the use of a wider variety of potable and non-potable bitters,...

bitters, there’s campari, Pimm’s, etc., and for non-potable bitters, angostura (though he almost certainly has that), peychaud’s, Reagan’s orange, etc, etc.

Lillet, and to add small amounts of bitters both potable (e.g., a dash of Becherovka) and non-potable (e.g., orange bitters, an ingredient in most 19th-century Martini recipes). Take a look at this blog; reviewing various...

The only thing you could potentially substitute for Angostura bitters would be another non-potable bitters, most likely orange bitters or Peychaud’s bitters. And if you don’t have Angostura in the house, you sure as...

and sweet vermouth). Cynar, based on artichokes and actually delicious, is another before-dinner favorite of mine. I am not a fan of Aperol, another in this class of amari. Non-potable bitters like Angostura also make a nice...

No need to sell me on the merits of Campari and it’s use in tails. You’re preaching to the choir... Actually, the bitters I’m making are the non-potable kind, i.e. Angostura, Peychaud’s, Fee’s, etc....

Actually, I believe the non-potable designation is usually Federal. Of course there’s probably some stuffily drier than dry locale somewhere that has managed to consider them as “liquor”... That said, I...

Another reason to stir rather than shake is the inclusion of non-potable bitters like Angostura, Peychaud’s, or Fee’s Orange Bitters in the tail, as in a proper Manhattan. These tend to make the drink cloudy if...

concerned that the woman making them didn’t really take the proper precautions with the non-potable water but all went well and it was tasty. Oh yeah, it would have been good for someone to mention that if you order a sprite...

if they are not reclaiming the “waste” water for non-potable uses, then it is irresponsible. the rejection rate of the standard RO membrane is roughly 70-80%, therefore, it takes 4-5g of tap water to make 1g of ro...

's just a shame it’s not yet distributed in Boston. I have a friend in New York ship me bottles. I’m still on the hunt for a better range of non-potable bitters.