During the holiday season, party buffet tables are filled with charcuterie, cheeses and maybe too many family recipes for dips, but often the heart of the party can be found at the bar. So for those ...

Bitters, the salt and pepper of the cocktail world, have exploded in popularity over the last decade or so, with craft companies scheming up their own take on the botanical-infused booze additive.

Herbalists and creative drinkers looking for a crafty activity this winter are in luck. In DIY Bitters: Reviving the Forgotten Flavor, Urban Moonshine cofounders Guido Masé and Jovial King offer a ...

Hellfire bitters are dark, spicy, and raring to mix with a liquor with a strong backbone. I first tasted them in The Mexican Standoff, a cocktail devised by Matt Conway, the bar manager at Absinthe in ...

If bitters aren’t already on your radar, it’s time to change that. Bitters are an alcoholic (usually) infusion of various botanicals that add a subtly bitter or bittersweet twist to cocktails. These ...

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know much about the fabled ginseng root. Many swear by its health properties which include increased energy, memory and stamina, with a little sex drive boost ...

Yes, lemon, lime & bitters is a true blue Aussie classic. No, you can’t get tiddly drinking them – no matter what your parents told you as a kid. Yes, you can get tiddly drinking them if you tinker ...

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 ...

December 5 marks the anniversary of an important day in alcoholic beverage history: the repeal of the 18 th Amendment, thus ending almost 14 years of Prohibition. Seventy-nine years ago today, ...

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 ...

Even teetotalers can be happy about the evolution of the craft cocktail movement. It's given rise to an explosion in the number of flavors available in small bottles of cocktail bitters. And bitters ...

Though splashing cocktail-making ingredients may not be your first instinct as you stir together cut fruit and berries, it's a culinary move well worth consideration. Step behind your home bar and get ...