Seelbach Cocktail

Ingredients

• 4 dashes The Bitter Truth Old Time Aromatic Bitters
• 4 dashes The Bitter Truth Creole Bitters
• 2/3 oz. Bourbon Whiskey
• 1/3 oz. Cointreau
• Champagne

Pour all ingredients into a chilled champagne flute and stir. Fill with champagne and stir again. Garnish with an orange twist.

via Seelbach Cocktail (Cocktail).

Speak Easy

Recipe by Oscar Quagliarini, Italy

Ice an old fashioned glass with cracked ice and 2 cl of Pernod, then pour it out.

In a mixing glass put:

1 sugar cube
3 drops The Bitter Truth Aromatic Bitters
3 drops Chocolate Bitters

Crush the sugar cube.

Add to mixing glass:
Ice cubes
7 cl Ardbeg Single Malt Scotch (10 year old)
1 barspoon Galliano L’autentico

Stir & strain into the Pernod-rinsed old fashioned glass.

Flamed orange zest for garnish.

The 5th Avenue Cocktail 50ml (1½ oz) Martin Miller’s Gin 25ml (½ oz) Dolin Bianco Vermouth 1 barspoon yellow Chartreuse 1 dash Marteau Absinthe 3 dashes The Bitter Truth Lemon Bitters Lemon-twist garnish Combine gin, vermouth, Chartreuse, absinthe, and bitters in ice-filled bar glass. Stir, and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist. By Jim Romdall, Vessel, Seattle

“The Dolin Bianco Vermouth is my new favorite cocktail ingredient. I wanted to create an elegant cocktail for summertime that showcased its wonderful light flavor. I started with the base of Martin Miller’s, a soft and balanced gin. The marriage of a little yellow Chartreuse and absinthe gives the drink a little sweetness and herbal tones without disrupting the balance or adding too much medicinal flavor. The celery bitters adds complexity and depth. The lemon twist provides aromatics and also accents the lemon-bitters combination. The resulting drink is extremely crisp and clean, perfect for a classy summer cocktail. It’s called The 5th Avenue because its elegance matches that street in Seattle, where Vessel is located.”

This cocktail was created by Justyn of Haus Bar for The Bitter Truth Cocktail Competition in Bristol, UK.

The Bittern

• 2 x Orange Zest
• 10 ml The Bitter Truth Apricot Brandy
• 50 ml Rowan’s Creek Bourbon
• 2 ml Pimento Dram
• 2 drops The Bitter Truth Aromatic and Jerry Thomas Bitters

Glass: Rocks
Serve: Stir for 3.5 minutes over ice
Garnish: Orange Peel

A play on the Old Fashioned by Brian Miller at Death and Company, 2007. It’s one of those drinks that evolves as the ice slowly melts into the cocktail.

1/4 oz Demerara Sugar Syrup
1/2 oz Rittenhouse Bonded Rye (100 Proof)
1/2 oz Buffalo Trace Bourbon
1/2 oz Cognac
1/2 oz Calvados
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
1 Dash Xocolatl Mole Bitters

Garnish:
Orange Twist (wide)
Lemon Twist (wide)

Stir all the ingredients aside from the twists in an ice filled shaker glass. Strain into a double old fashioned glass over ice. Add orange and lemon twists.

Created by Misty Kalkofen of Drink in Boston.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz El Tesoro Reposado Tequila
• .5 oz Fernet Branca
• .5 oz Agave Simple (1:1 agave nectar and water)
• 2 dashes Chocolate bitters
• Grapefruit oil for garnish

Stir ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with grapefruit oil.

via The Guadalajara Cocktail Recipe – Mixed Drink Recipe for The Guadalajara Cocktail by Misty Kalkofen.

Joaquin Simo of Death & Company in NYC re-interpreted the classic Sazarac with fantastic results:

The Latin Quarter

• 2 oz Ron Zacapa 23 year old Rum
• 1/2 Bar Spoon Sugar Cane Syrup
• 1 Dash Angostura Bitters
• 1 Dash Chocolate Bitters
• 3 Dashes Peychaud Bitters
• Lemon Twist
• Rinse: Absinthe, Herbsaint, or Ricard

Fill a double old fashioned glass with ice and a small amount of Absinthe, Herbsaint or Ricard. Stir the rum, sugar cane syrup and bitters in an ice-filled shaker glass.

Dump the ice from the old fashioned glass and rotate the glass to ensure that the rinse coats the entire inside of the glass. Strain into the glass. Twist lemon peel over the glass and discard.

This cocktail was created by Ken Walker of Dos Hermanos for The Bitter Truth Cocktail Competition in Bristol, UK.

The Old Smokey

• 60 ml Ron Barcelo Gran Anejo
• 12 ml Home-smoked Maple Syrup
• 7 drops The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters

Glass: Hi Ball
Serve: Muddle, then stir
Garnish: Orange Zest

Inspired by the sky-high towers of downtown Toronto, this long refreshing cocktail blends Grey Goose vodka with fresh lime, complemented perfectly with a garnish of mint and lemongrass. Created for and served at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival.

Ingredients:

• 50ml Grey Goose vodka
• 25ml freshly squeezed lime juice
• 20ml sugar cane syrup
• 3 dashes The Bitter Truth Celery Bitters
• Top with sparkling water

Build cocktail in a highball glass and stir. Garnish with lemongrass and a sprig of fresh mint.