The Secret To Reimagining The Classic Cocktail

Campari is probably the most famous potable bitter there is. So what’s the difference between a potable bitter and a liqueur. “Not to sound like a smartarse, but bitterness,” says Sother Teague, the man behind the bar, and one of the three people behind Bittersmen Bitters. “Bar” isn’t quite the right word for this place — it’s a “Bitters Tasting Room and General Store,” a showroom for Bittersmen bitters, which are made in super small batches across the river in Brooklyn. Bitters have been making a major comeback in recent years, mostly due to classic cocktails making a comeback of their own. Potables are much less strong (typically 20-30 per cent alcohol by volume), much less bitter and as the name would suggest, are drinkable on their own. Bitters come in two forms: tinctures and potables. All of the cocktails here are tailored to highlight the bitters and they’re delicious.

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Where Scotch leads, Angostura rum follows

1. So what's the difference between a potable bitter and a liqueur? “Not to sound like a smartarse, but bitterness,” says Sother Teague, the man behind the bar, and one of the three people behind Bittersmen Bitters. “There's a bittering agent.” We'll get
2. Angostura, which is best known for its distinctive bitters that are used to flavour cocktails and foods, has distilled rum for 150 years. The firm was owned by Bacardi until 1998, but CL began bottling its Angostura rums in 2008, having tested the
3. It used to be that Angostura, flavoured with the herb gentian, was the only brand of bitters anyone knew. Recent years have seen an explosion of bitter cocktail flavourings: tart tinctures of grapefruit, chocolate, celery, rhubarb; you name it.