Old-Fashioned Aromatic Bitters

Name: Old-Fashioned Aromatic Bitters
Yield: Makes about 16 ounces
Ingredients: ¼ cup, raisins, chopped; 2 tablespoons (½ ounce) dried, orange peel; 2 tablespoons (½ ounce), gentian root chips; 2 tablespoons, dried mugwort; 8 , green cardamom pods; 10 , allspice berries, lightly crushed; 4 , whole cloves; 16 ounces 100-proof, vodka; 1 ounce, recipe

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Intensely concentrated botanical elixirs added to cocktails in tiny amounts, bitters have the power to elevate a cocktail to a nuanced, distinctive libation.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from How to Cocktail

SERVESMakes about 16 ounces

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from How to Cocktail

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We started by infusing high-proof alcohol (both a solvent and a preservative) with flavoring agents—barks, roots, spices, herbs, flowers, fruits, and nuts—to create dozens of individual tinctures. We combined these tinctures into blends unt...

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