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This cocktail was created by Ryhs Davis of Harvey Nichols, Bristol for The Bitter Truth Cocktail Competition in Bristol, UK.

Barcelo Blazer

• 50 ml Ron Barcelo Gran Anejo
• 25 ml Licor 43
• 4 dashes Chocolate Bitters

Glass: Brandy Balloon
Serve: Stir & Flame
Garnish: Cinnamon Stick

Borden Chase

• 1 ¾ oz Scotch
• ¾ oz Carpano Antica
• 1/8 oz absinthe
• 2 dashes The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

(circa 1935)

via Balvenie 17yr Madeira Cask & Drinking at Home « SpiritsAndCocktails.com.

Brandy Cocktail

(adapted by Stephan Berg, mixed by Brian Miller)

2 oz. brandy

1/4 oz. simple syrup

1/8 oz. orange curaçao

2 dashes The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas bitters

Stir in ice for 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon twist.

via “Buzzings” from Cocktail Buzz: Bitters Is Better: The Bitter Truth Mingles with Bols Genever at Clover Club.

Jason Littrell from Death & Co. in NYC was challenged by Liquor.com to create a couple of cocktails to honor the athletes of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. This is one of his creations:

Citius, Altius, Fortius

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 oz Bluecoat Gin (US)
• .5 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth (France)
• .5 oz Martini & Rossi Sweet Vermouth (Italy)
• 2 Dashes The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters (Germany)
• Teaspoon Kubler Absinthe (Switzerland)
• Teaspoon Crown Royal Whisky (Canada)
• Teaspoon simple syrup (1 part sugar, 1 part water)

Garnish: Orange wedge

Glass: Cocktail

PREPARATION:

Add the ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice and stir. Serve the drink in a cocktail glass with an orange wedge.

via Gold Medal Cocktails – Featured Articles — Liquor.com.

Cocoa Old Fashioned

Created by Joy Richard of the Franklin Cafe in Boston.

Ingredients:

• 2.5 oz Taza Cocoa Nib Infused Old Overholt Rye Whiskey *
• .5 oz Demerara syrup
• 1 Brandied cherry
• 1 Orange slice
• 3 dashes of Chocolate Bitters

* Joy infuses the rye whiskey with Taza Cocoa Nibs for three days.

Preparation:

In an old fashioned glass muddle together 1 half wheel of orange, 1 brandied cherry, .5 oz demerara syrup, and 3 dashes Chocolate bitters.

Fill with ice, add 2.5 oz Taza Cocoa Nib infused Old Overholt, lightly stir and serve.

via Cocoa Old-Fashioned Cocktail Recipe – Mixed Drink Recipe for a Cocoa Old Fashioned by Joy Richard.

• 2 oz Cognac
• 2-3 bar-spoons sugar syrup
• 2 dashes The Bitter Truth Creole bitters
• 2 dashes absinthe

Stir with ice and strain in to an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon zest twist.

From Brian Miller at NYC’s Death & Company:

Jane Russell

• 1 1/2 oz Russell’s Reserve Rye
• 1/2 oz Rittenhouse Rye (bonded)
• 1/4 oz Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth
• 1/4 oz Grand Marnier
• 1/4 oz Benedictine
• 1 dash Chocolate Bitters

Stir & strain into a coupe glass and garnish with an orange twist.

Miss Haversham

• 1 1/2 oz Irish whiskey
• 3/4 oz pear eau de vie
• 1/4 oz 2:1 demerara syrup
• 2 dashes Jerry Thomas bitters
• 1 dash Fees Barrel Aged bitters

Stir, strain, up.

via Time for a Rhumble! | Tasty Libations.

Quince Martini

Adapted from Quince restaurant, San Francisco.

• 1 ounce chamomile-infused gin (see instructions)
• 3/4 ounce Dolin dry vermouth
• 3/4 ounce. Dolin Blanc vermouth (see Note)
• 1 to 2 dashes bergamot tincture or The Bitter Truth Lemon Bitters (see Note)
• 1 lemon peel for garnish

Instructions: Combine all ingredients, except lemon peel, in a mixing glass or metal shaker. Add ice and stir until thoroughly chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into a small, chilled cocktail glass. Using a vegetable peeler, peel a lemon peel, squeeze it atop the cocktail, rub it around the glass rim and drop in.

Chamomile-Infused Gin: Place some dry chamomile flowers (be sure they are pesticide-free) in the gin and give a couple of shakes to mix it in. Let sit for 30 minutes. Strain through a fine strainer or cheesecloth.

Bergamot Tincture (Makes one cup):

• 3 to 4 bergamot oranges
• 1 cup overproof vodka or neutral grain spirit

Grate off the skin of the fruit using a Microplane or other very fine grater, removing the rind but none of the white pith. Place into a sealable jar with the vodka or spirit. Let the mixture macerate for at least… Read more

Rhumble

• 1 1/2 oz rhum agricole blanc (Saint Etienne)
• 3/4 oz dry sherry (Barbadillo Manzanilla)
• 3/4 oz apricot brandy (Rothman and Winter)
• 2 dashes celery bitters (Bitter Truth)

Stir, strain, up. Lemon twist.

From Sylvan Thompson at Tasty Libations