Place all of the ingredients except for the bourbon, water, and rich syrup in a quart-sized Mason jar or other large glass container with a lid. Pour in the 2 cups of bourbon, adding more if necessary ...

Lately, one Angeleno has been telling bartenders to keep adding bitters to her Champagne cocktail “until it’s the color of my prom dress.” That’s way more than a dash or two -- it takes about a ...

Bitters, the salt and pepper of the cocktail world, have exploded in popularity over the last decade or so, with craft companies scheming up their own take on the botanical-infused booze additive.

My father-in-law, Hal, believes that every day should begin with rhubarb pie, rhubarb cobbler or rhubarb tart. Over the years I have baked many of them for him; I will now add rhubarb bitters to his ...

In the Old West, snake oil salesmen wandered the plains, peddling their wares to unsuspecting folk. A good deal of their business was in health-giving tonics, which were little more than a mixture of ...

Around the turn of the millennium, when the nascent craft-bartending community discovered vintage bar books from the 19th century, re-creating classic cocktails was a huge challenge. Many of the ...

I unscrew the top of the small, clouded vial in front of me, and siphon a few drops of the smoky-smelling liquid inside into a dropper before dabbing them on my wrist. I lick, and the burning ...