Description: Introduction . . . . . 1 A Brief History of Bitters . . . . . 7 A Bitters Boom . . . . . 23 Making Your Own Bitters . . . . . 41 Apple Bitters . . . . . 52 BTP House Bitters . . . . . 54 Charred Cedar Bitters . . . . . 56 Cherry-Hazelnut Bitters . . . . . 58 Coffee-Pecan Bitters . . . . . 60 Grapefruit Bitters . . . . . 62 Husk Cherry Bitters . . . . . 64 Key Lime Bitters . . . . . 66 Maggie''s Rhubarb Bitters . . . . . 68 Meyer Lemon Bitters . . . . . 70 Orange Bitters . . . . . 72 Pear Bitters . . . . . 74 Root Beer Bitters . . . . . 76 Setting Up Your Bar . . . . . 79 Bitters Hall of Fame . . . . . 105 Old-Fashioned . . . . . 107 Manhattan . . . . . 108 Champagne Cocktail . . . . . 111 Sazerac . . . . . 112 Old-Guard Cocktails . . . . . 115 Abbey Cocktail . . . . . 116 Alaska Cocktail . . . . . 117 Allegheny Cocktail . . . . . 118 Angostura Fizz . . . . . 118 Bijou Cocktail . . . . . 120 Brandy Crusta . . . . . 121 Corn ''n'' Oil . . . . . 123 Cuba Libre . . . . . 124 Dark and Stormy . . . . . 125 East India Cocktail . . . . . 126 Fourth Regiment Cocktail . . . . . 127 Harvard Cocktail . . . . . 127 Horse''s Neck . . . . . 129 Japanese Cocktail . . . . . 130 Jersey Cocktail . . . . . 130 Martini . . . . . 132 Martinez Cocktail . . . . . 134 Mint Julep . . . . . 135 Negroni . . . . . 137 Old Hickory . . . . . 138 Pegu Club Cocktail . . . . . 138 Pink Gin . . . . . 140 Pisco Sour . . . . . 143 Remember the Maine . . . . . 144 Rob Roy . . . . . 144 Satan''s Whiskers . . . . . 145 Scofflaw Cocktail . . . . . 145 Seelbach Cocktail . . . . . 146 Toronto . . . . . 148 Vieux Carr . . . . . 148 New-Look Cocktails . . . . . 151 The 5th Avenue Cocktail . . . . . 153 Aejo Highball . . . . . 153 Autumn Sweater . . . . . 155 The Bitter Handshake . . . . . 156 Black Feather . . . . . 158 Black Scottish Cyclops . . . . . 159 Coxsackie Smash . . . . . 160 Cranberry Crush . . . . . 162 Cricket Ball . . . . . 163 Do You Believe in Miracles? . . . . . 164 Exile in Ryeville . . . . . 167 Fernet and Coke . . . . . 168 Gargoyle & Spire . . . . . 169 The Long Hello . . . . . 170 Michelada . . . . . 172 Mrs. Kitzel . . . . . 174 Pith Helmet . . . . . 175 Primo Avenue Punch . . . . . 177 Red Carpet Reviver . . . . . 178 Sawyer . . . . . 181 Scuppernong Sour . . . . . 182 Shady Lane . . . . . 185 Sorghum Flip . . . . . 186 Tipsy Nissley . . . . . 187 Tombstone . . . . . 190 Trident . . . . . 190 Turkey Shoot . . . . . 191 White Light/White Heat . . . . . 193 Woodland Sunset . . . . . 194 Zim Zala Bim . . . . . 195 Bitters in the Kitchen . . . . . 197 Broiled Bitter Grapefruit . . . . . 201 Sweet & Spicy Bitter Bar Nuts . . . . . 202 Compound Bitters Butters . . . . . 204 Bitters Vinaigrette . . . . . 206 Bourbon-Bitters Holiday Ham Glaze . . . . . 207 Chinese-Style Takeout Ribs with Lacquered Bitters Glaze . . . . . 208 Hot & Sticky Bitter Wings . . . . . 210 Bitters-and-Balsamic Macerated Strawberries . . . . . 211 Bitter Apple Fried Hand Pies . . . . . 212 Bitters-Sweet Chocolate Malted Pudding . . . . . 214 Boozy Bitter Granitas . . . . . 216 Aromatic Bitters Ice Cream . . . . . 218 Resources . . . . . 220 Recommended Reading for the Cocktail Enthusiast . . . . . 222 Acknowledgments . . . . . 224 Index . . . . . 227

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