Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bartender pours red liqueur into a mixing glass with ice - Maksym Fesenko/Shutterstock Once used for medicinal purposes, today's ...

A row of unlabeled bottles of bitters next to cocktail shakers on a marble bar - Jadkins333/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When a cocktail calls for a unique ...

Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date.

Bitters: Things are getting spicier by the minute on the bar scene. Cocktail expert Adam Lantheaume isn't afraid to tell the bitters truth. Making drinks without adding a dash or two of bitters is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. six bottles of bitters - Static Media / Shutterstock Originally sold as a medicinal tincture in the 19th century, bitters are ...

They’re the zipper on the jacket, the key to the door, the fingerprint that makes or breaks the case. They’re usually the smallest component of the drink in your glass, but if you leave them out, you ...

ROCHESTER, NY -- You could say Fee Brothers. of Rochester has been the Noah’s Ark of the American cocktail scene. For much of the 20th century it was the only American producer of cocktail bitters -- ...