Originally sold as a medicinal tincture in the 19th century, bitters are often one of the most overlooked cocktail ingredients. However, any experienced bartender will tell you that just a few drops ...

Once used for medicinal purposes, today's flavor-packed cocktail bitters are spice-laden, herbal extracts that can transform a drink with a mere drop or two. As the name suggests, the alcoholic ...

Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date.

You've probably added a dash to your favorite cocktails, but what are bitters anyway? We've got the answer—plus a recipe for ...

Mike Casale has a weakness for well-crafted cocktails — and not just any amalgamation of ingredients in a shaker, but the kind of drinks that end up on Top and Can’t Miss lists — that tend to warrant ...

It is theorized that humans are the only species that embraces bitterness. A sensation that once indicated poison, or danger, bitter now is embraced as one the five tastes that create complexity and ...

Michael Allmandinger hasn’t been in the bartending game as long as some, but he’s already getting buzz for his creative drink menu at The Parlor, which he took over after Joshua James left to go to ...

We’re full tilt into the holiday season, and with Thanksgiving, the first of the annual Great Gluttonous Holidays, in the rearview mirror, heads are still spinning from putting together a holiday meal ...

I have about seven bottles of cocktail bitters on my bar cart, but I really only use two—Angostura and orange—when making cocktails. It’s not that the other flavors are bad, it’s just that I rarely ...