The Bitter Truth hits the West Coast for the third stop on the Domaine Select Classic & Vintage Road Show. The tour arrives in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 2 for a cocktail party at Rye and will also be in town for a trade tasting at Nopa on Wednesday, March 3. Please RSVP for all events to estaino@domaineselect.com.
The Bitter Truth continues on to Chicago on March 1st and 2nd as part of the Domaine Select Classic & Vintage Road Show. A cocktail party will be held at Mercadito on Monday, March 1, followed by a trade tasting at Pops for Champagne on Tuesday, March 2. RSVPs for all events should be sent to estaino@domaineselect.com. Come meet the talent behind The Bitter Truth!
Joshua Lurie of Food GPS recently sat down for a Q & A with Stephan Berg:
German Mixologists Deliver The Bitter Truth to U.S.
In the early days of cocktail culture, it literally wasn’t possible to produce a “cocktail” without bitters. Now the word has come to encompass a variety of categories, but bitters still remain an integral cocktail component. It’s an increasingly competitive market, but one of the leading producers is The Bitter Truth, a brand that German mixologists Stephan Berg and Alexander Hauck founded in 2006 and recently started distributing Stateside. So far, the duo has produced Celery Bitters, Old Time Aromatic Bitters, Orange Bitters, Lemon Bitters, Bittermens Xocolatl Mole and Grapefruit… Read more
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The Bitter Truth will be hitting the road in the U.S. as part of the Domaine Select Classic & Vintage Road Show. The tour begins in Miami on February 28 and continues on to Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. RSVP for all events by sending an email to estaino@domaineselect.com.
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From Robert Simonson at Off the Presses:
The Angostura bitters shortage that has shaken some cocktail quarters in New York has been bad news for high end cocktail bars, but it represents a golden opportunity to the folks at The Bitter Truth.
The German line of bitters is well known to many bartenders, but hasn’t been easy for the average Joe to lay his hands on. Until now. Just as the Angostura well runs dry (temporarily), Bitter Truth bottles have finally found American distribution and reached U.S. shores. And the company has sent out a press release to let everyone know about it.
“While there’s no real substitute for a particular brand of bitters in a cocktail, The Bitter Truth Old Time… Read more
