Atlantic Coast Cocktail

30 ml Cognac
30 ml Ginger Wine
1 dash Absinthe
1 dash The Bitter Truth – Orange Bitters

Stir in mixing glass with ice & strain into a cocktail glass.

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 The Bitter Truth Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters

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

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

Bitterberry

• 8 Blueberries
• 10 ml Lime Juice
• 7 ml Brown Sugar Syrup
• 12.5 ml Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum
• 10 ml The Bitter Truth Apricot Brandy
• 1 dash The Bitter Truth Pimento Dram
• 5 dashes The Bitter Truth Bittermens Grapefruit Bitters
• 37.5 ml Prosecco

Glass: Large Coupette
Serve: Muddle, strain, then top with Prosecco
Garnish: None

Matt Hamlin at A Jigger of Blog posted this recipe for a Xocolatl Mole Bourbon Old Fashioned:

Xocolatl Mole Bourbon Old Fashioned

Stir in an ice filled mixing glass. Strain into an ice filled tumbler.

Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bourbon Old Fashioned « A Jigger of Blog.

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.

Brannan Street Batida
Makes 1 drink

6 to 8 pink peppercorns
2 1/4 ounces Pira Pora cachaca
2 ounces fresh squeezed ruby red grapefruit juice
1 ounce fresh squeezed tangerine or clementine juice
3/4 ounce lemon juice
3/4 ounce egg white
3/4 ounce ginger syrup (made with equal parts water and sugar, steeped with pureed ginger)
2 big dashes of Bittermens Grapefruit bitters

1/2-inch-wide grapefruit twist

Instructions: Put peppercorns in a mixing glass and smash with muddler. Add rest of ingredients together with ice, shake very hard for 15-20 seconds. Strain into a collins glass. Garnish with grapefruit twist.

via Spirits: Couple take small-batch bitters in new directions – SFGate.

Brooklynite Cocktail

60 ml Jamaican Rum
15 ml fresh Lime Juice
15 ml Honey
2 dashes The Bitter Truth – Jerry Thomas’ Own Decanter Bitters

Shake with ice & strain into a cocktail glass.

Paul Clarke of The Cocktail Chronicles uses the Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters in the Camerone:

Camerone

• 2 ounces reposado tequila (I used Don Julio)
• 3/4 ounce Amer Picon (I used Jamie’s replica)
• 1/4 ounce Licor 43
• 2 good dashes Bittermens Xocolatl Bitters

Stir well with ice; strain into chilled cocktail glass.

The vanilla of the Licor 43 and the chocolate of the bitters work so well together; to keep it from getting too cloying, the Picon puts a nice orangey bitterness in the middle of everything, and it’s all set against the delicate lusciousness of the reposado.

via The Cocktail Chronicles » Who’s Bitter?.

This cocktail was created by Toby of Goldbrick House for The Bitter Truth Cocktail Competition in Bristol, UK.

Celery Daiquiri

• 50 ml Ron Barcelo Gran Anejo
• 25 ml Fresh Lime Juice
• 20 ml Brown Sugar Syrup
• 10 dashes The Bitter Truth Celery Bitters

Glass: Martini Glass
Serve: Shake & Strain
Garnish: Lime Rind

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.