During my career as a bartender, there was something that surprised me about dessert cocktails. Regardless of whether they're complex and creamy or simple and refreshing, it's uncommon to find an ...

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 ...

A row of unlabeled bottles of bitters next to cocktail shakers on a marble bar - Jadkins333/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When a cocktail calls for a unique ...

Being bitter is not cool but adding bitters to your favorite cocktail, coffee, lemonade and beyond completely elevates your drink! There are countless varietal of bitters, the key is finding what ...

Prohibition creation, combining rye whiskey with the wine-based French aperitif Dubonnet, Cointreau, and Peychaud's bitters.

Shaking (or stirring) up a bracing, perfectly balanced cocktail has become a coveted craft skill for home bartenders in ...

The non-alcoholic canned cocktail category has gone from afterthought to exciting in the span of a few years. What was once ...

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 ...

Ted Haigh, a.k.a Dr. Cocktail, tells us what we do with the cocktail ingredient: bitters. His book is Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails. He also writes a regular online column for Martini ...