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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

It is theorized that humans are the only species that embraces bitterness. A sensation that once indicated poison, or danger, bitter now is embraced as one the five tastes that create complexity and ...

Mike Casale has a weakness for well-crafted cocktails — and not just any amalgamation of ingredients in a shaker, but the kind of drinks that end up on Top and Can’t Miss lists — that tend to warrant ...

Adding CBD to food and drinks isn’t exactly groundbreaking anymore, but you might be surprised during a trip to the liquor store for cocktail ingredients. A Colorado bitters company, Strongwater, has ...

I have about seven bottles of cocktail bitters on my bar cart, but I really only use two—Angostura and orange—when making cocktails. It’s not that the other flavors are bad, it’s just that I rarely ...