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Hack Your Drink: Three “Homemade” Bitters Blends
Blending existing bitters brands can offer depth and complexity to a variety of cocktails.
- story: Kara Newman
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Will the Real Orange Bitters Please Stand Up?
Dozens of brands are still competing to become the archetypal orange bitters.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
About That Angostura Label
How did the iconic label’s recipes—and “whack-job, world-unto-itself word mosaic”—come to be?
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Valeria Alonzo
How to Use Cappelletti Amaro Sfumato in Cocktails
Three bartenders offer advice on how to use the smoky rabarbaro amaro in cocktails.
- story: Amy C. Collins
- photo: Cappelletti
15 Essential Amari and How to Use Them
The author of Amaro chooses his must-haves, from alpine to rabarbaro to fernet and beyond.
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photo: Valeria Alonzo
Behind the Backbar at Seattle’s Barnacle
This diminutive Seattle bar oversees a collection of more than 180 bottles of amaro, aperitivo bitters and vermouth from around the world.
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photo: Aaron Leitz
An Amaro Crawl Through the Italian Alps
Alec Jacobson cuts a path from Lombardia’s Braulio to Trentino’s Cappelletti to capture the landscape that informs Italy's alpine amari.
- story: Alec Jacobson
- photos: Alec Jacobson
The Unlikely Comeback of the Godfather Cocktail
The odd, disco-era combination of Scotch and amaretto has become the source of a number of modern riffs.
- story: Kara Newman
- photo: Daniel Krieger
How to Use Angostura Bitters—Beyond the Dash
Five recipes that double-down on the classic seasoner.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Valeria Alonzo
How to Use Avèze in Cocktails
One of a growing number of bitter liqueurs making their way into cocktails recently, soft, mellow Avèze could be called a "starter gentian," making it surprisingly versatile in cocktails.
- story: Amy C. Collins
- photo: Astor Wines & Spirits
