Bitters & Herbs

Bitters is, as the name implies, an infusion that’s created from predominantly bitter ingredients. These ingredients comprise aromatics and botanicals that can include any combination of herbs, roots, bark, fruit, seeds or flowers.

If you’ve visited a cocktail lounge lately, you’ve probably noticed additions like Angostura bitters on the mixed drink menu. But you can find bitters everywhere from the bar to the medicine cabinet.

Herbal bitters are digestive aids that were once sold as patent medicines that later became key ingredients in classic cocktails.  They are made by extracting, with alcohol, a range of active and bitter compounds from herbs and spices.