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Aromatic Bitters Recipes:
Reconciliation
1.5oz Mezcal
0.5oz Bourbon
1oz Lemon Juice
0.5oz Demerera Simple Syrup
0.25oz (50 dashes) Bitter Ex “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
Shake all ingredients/strain into rocks glass, serve down
Garnish with a cherry
Last But Not Yeast
0.75oz Genever
0.75oz Kümmel
0.75oz Lime juice
0.25oz Cherry Brandy
0.50oz Pineapple Juice
0.50oz Demerara Simple Syrup
4-5 Dashes Bitter Ex “New Phone, Who Dis?” Spicy Celery Bitters
4-5 Dashes Bitter Ex “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
Shake/strain into cocktail glass and top with 2oz sparkling wine, serve up
Garnish with cherry and fresh rosemary sprig
Flannel Grotto
1oz Floral Gin
1oz Bonal Apertif
1oz Cherry Heering
0.5oz Club Soda
4-5 Dashes Bitter Ex “Float Yer Boat” Root Beer Bitters
2-3 Dashes Bitter Ex “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
Build and stir with ice in rocks glass, serve on the rocks
Garnish with a cherry
Backwards and In High Heels
This one I remember naming! It's a favorite quote about Ginger Rogers: "She did everything that Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels". Ginger, you deserve this ginger liqueur cocktail named after you. (We like Koval or Canton's liqueur)
0.75oz Overproof Rum
0.75oz Cachaça
1oz Ginger Liqueur
0.5oz Dolin Sweet Vermouth
0.25oz Lemon Juice
0.25oz Lime Juice
0.25oz Demerera Simple Syrup
0.25oz Orange Juice
5-6 Dashes “Hot & Bothered” Hot Pepper Bitters
3-4 Dashes “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
Shake/strain in rocks glass over fresh ice, serve on the rocks
Garnish with lemon swath and cherry
Manhattan
The quintessential classic brown liquor cocktail, the Manhattan, born in the late 1800s in the New York borough of the same name, features the earthy, caramel, or rustic flavors of whiskey sweetened gently with fortified wine (vermouth), and enhanced with the subtle touch of bitters. We like to be less subtle, blending two of our favorite flavors and having some fun with this cocktail when most mixologists are purists. It was nearly a tie in our taste tests, but Root Beer just edged out Citrus as a pairing with the must-have Aromatic. This drink is one that begs to be played around with, whether it’s the whiskey choice, the vermouth option, or the various possibilities of Bitter Ex Bitters, you are sure to have a variety of winners right in your glass.
2oz Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
1oz Sweet Vermouth
5-6 dashes Bitter Ex "Broken-Hearted" Aromatic Bitters
2-3 dashes Bitter Ex "Float Yer Boat" Root Beer Bitters
Stir, strain into coupe or ice filled rocks glass
Garnish with cherry
Pegu Club
The Pegu Club Cocktail was created in the Pegu Club Bar in Rangoon, Burma (present day Yangon, Myanmar). A British Officer’s hideaway during the British Empire’s reign in Southeast Asia, the members of Pegu Club championed the dryness of gin blended with orange curacao, adding fresh lime juice for a tart, brisk complexity for their cocktail namesake. The often overlooked and underappreciated classic cocktail from the 1870s is generally accentuated with either an aromatic or a citrus bitters. We firmly believe it should be a bit of both.
2oz London Dry Gin
0.75oz Orange Curacao
0.75oz Fresh Lime Juice
2-3 dashes Bitter Ex "I Will Survive" Citrus Bitters
2-3 dashes Bitter Ex "Broken-Hearted" Aromatic Bitters
Shake, strain into a chilled coupe
Jets to Brazil
This is a citrus forward drink for citrus lovers. Get that boost of vitamin C when your sipping on this homage to Blake Schwarzenbach (check their album title) and find balance with the brandy and aromatic bitters.
1.5oz orange or citrus vodka (we like St. George's citrus)
0.5oz cognac (brandy)
1oz orange juice
0.5oz simple syrup
0.5oz triple sec
3-4 dashes Bitter Ex “I Will Survive” Citrus Bitters
2-3 dash Bitter Ex “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
Shake, strain into a chilled coupe
The Sawyer
This is a pretty easy drink to make, and it is quite bitters heavy. Finding a drink that uses bitters well that doesn’t use a brown alcohol is rare, and The Sawyer has levels of complexity that make every sip enjoyable.
Ingredients:
2oz dry gin
0.5oz fresh squeezed lime juice
0.5oz simple syrup (1:1, sugar:water)
14 dashes “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
7 dashes “Float Yer Boat” Root Beer Bitters
7 dashes “I Will Survive” Citrus Bitters
Shake, strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass
Garnish with lime
Pisco Sour
The pisco sour is the national cocktail of Peru, using the national liquor of Peru, pisco, a distillation of fermented grape juice into a high-proof spirit. Use fresh lime juice and an egg white, if you aren’t afraid, to make this cocktail exciting, and add a few dashes of Aromatic and/or Sour Cherry bitters to make it delectable.
Ingredients:
2oz pisco
1oz fresh squeezed lime juice
0.5oz simple syrup (1:1, sugar:water)
1oz egg white (or aquafaba for a vegan drink)
3-4 dashes “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
6-7 dashes “You Lil’ Tart” Sour Cherry Bitters
Dry shake, add ice, shake again, and strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with lime and a cherry
Midnight Ceremony
This drink is unique to Bitter Ex, and is for slightly advanced and adventurous cocktail crafters. It is rich, boozy, and power-packed full of aromatic spices. Make the chai simple syrup in advance, it will be worth the effort.
Ingredients:
2oz rye
0.5oz chai simple syrup*
0.25oz Amaro Abano (or another rich, herbaceous amaro)
0.25oz sweet vermouth (Dolin is recommended)
3-4 dashes “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
2 dashes Angostura Bitters (“WHAT?!?! Your competition!?!?” Yes, every ingredient has its place, and the blend of Bitter Ex Aromatic and Angostura Aromatic is a special one, admittedly. Don’t tell them, though, we’d hate for them to offer us a multi-million dollar buyout for our recipes so we can retire happily)
Stir/strain into a chilled coupe
Garnish with an orange swath and a cherry
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
9oz butter – room temperature
5oz sugar
5oz brown sugar
2 eggs room temperature – beaten
¼oz Bitter Ex “No Filter” Coffee Bitters
¼oz Bitter Ex “Broken-Hearted” Aromatic Bitters
½oz vanilla extract
13oz flour (or sub Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free flour)
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
12oz chips (try combining chocolate, butterscotch, peanut butter..)
Directions:
Sift the dry ingredients and set aside.
Combine and mix the eggs and extracts, set aside.
Cream the butter just until light in color.
With the mixer on low, add the combined sugars.
Mix on medium about 1 minute; scrape the mixture down from the sides of the mixing bowl.
Repeat.
With the mixer on medium, slowly add the egg mix. Scrape the bowl.
Add the dry ingredients in 3 additions, scraping the bowl before each.
Add the chips shortly after the third addition (before the dough is fully combined)
At this point finish mixing the dough by hand to keep it from being over mixed.
Bake @ 350º for 1oz cookie
Bake @ 375º for ¼oz cookie
Yields about 24 - 1oz cookies