Honest John Black Walnut Bitters. These have been one of my favorite and most reached for bitters for over a year now since I first discovered this brand. It has a natural warm, spice-filled, nutty flavor and adds beautiful depth to cocktails with darker spirits without being thick and overpowering.…
baijiu, sichuan peppercorn, Campari, sweet vermouth
Cocchi Dopo Teatro vermouth. Vermouth is one of those products that often gets a bad reputation based on people’s malformed impressions with spoiled versions. Even I was a vermouth hater until I realized it had to be kept in the fridge and drank within weeks-months. Vermouth is a sweetened aromatized…
Bombay Sapphire London Dry gin. With Negroni Week coming up next week, coming atcha with this classic! Everyone knows this famous blue bottle, and for many of us – it may have been the first quality gin we loved. Gin was surprisingly the first liquor of any type I liked,…
Lo-Fi Sweet Vermouth. This California sweet vermouth is the perfect drink parallel to the modern California food culture, where everything is a bit fresher, lighter, fancier, and prettier. This is a massive departure from the classic Italian sweet vermouth, typically red, bold, dark, and brooding. Red vermouths are actually made…
gin, dry vermouth, Bénédictine, orange bitters
Paranubes Oaxacan Rum. This is a fascinating bottle of rum hailing from the land of mezcal in Oaxaca, Mexico. Oaxaca is known as the region where most mezcal are produced, and one of the biggest draws of mezcal is its rustic nature – essential libations produced purely based on tradition…
cognac, rum, orange liqueur, pineapple, bitters
Barbancourt rhum 15 years. Barbancourt is notably the most famous Haitian rum. Although Haiti has the most number of rum “distilleries” in the Caribbean (over 500 producers compared to under 50 in the entirety of the rest of the Caribbeans), most of these are micro operations distilling essentially sugarcane moonshine…
Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro. This is a bittersweet liqueur that is smoky and earthy. Though Cappelletti is perhaps best known for their red-orange aperitivo, the family-run Italian company has quite the varied amaro portfolio! Amaro are bittersweet liqueurs frequently imbibed to help with digestion post-meals, and “Rabarbaro” is a particular sub-style…