Month: June 2021

(Makes 1)

Ingredients

2 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz Coffee liqueur (Kalua or TIa Maria)

2 dashes Orange bitters

Garnish: Flamed orange peel

Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass filled with ice, and stir until chilled.

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a wide strip of orange peel. (Bend the peel and light the oil over the glass)

(makes 1)

2 oz. rye whiskey 

dash of orange bitters 

1 tsp. Pernod (or other pastis, like Absinth) 

1 tsp. sugar (or 2 sugar cubes)

sliver of lemon peel 

Pour the pastis into a chilled cocktail glass, rolling it around to coat the sides, and then pour out the excess. 

In a mixing glass, add the sugar, muddle with a few drops of bitters, and then add the rye. Add several ice cubes and stir gently. Strain into the cocktail glass. 

Twist a sliver of lemon peel over the glass, but do not add it to the drink

(makes 1)

champagne

2/3 oz cognac

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1 sugar cube

Orange slice garnish

Cocktail cherry

Place sugar cube in a champagne glass and soak with Angostura bitters. Gently layer in the cognac. When you are ready to serve, open the champagne and top up the glass. 

The sugar cube will dissolve and mix as part of the presentation. Garnish with an orange slice and a Maraschino cherry.

(Makes 1 large drink)

3 oz Bourbon or Rye whiskey

1.5 oz Sweet Vermouth (red)

3 dashes orange bitters

Cocktail cherry

On the rocks preparation: Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey and vermouth. Add 3 dashes of orange bitters. Garnish with cocktail cherry (I like 3).

Straight up: Fill cocktail shaker with ice, add whiskey, vermouth and bitters. Shake vigorously. Pour into cocktail glass and garnish

Enjoy before dinner!

(Makes 1)

1.5 oz Bourbon or Rye whiskey

3 dashes orange bitters

1 sugar cubes (or 1/2 teaspoon sugar)

Few dashes plain water

Orange peel garnish

Cocktail cherry

Preparation: Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a few dashes of plain water. Muddle until dissolved. 

Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey. Garnish with orange peel, and a cocktail cherry.

Enjoy before dinner!

How To Use Orange Bitters

1. Soothe an upset stomach. Just a drop of bitters on the tongue, or in a glass of sparkling water, will soothe indigestion and bloating. 
2. Elevate vanilla ice cream with a few drops on top
3. Mix with honey and stir into greek yogurt or tea.
4. Add a dash to strong black coffee.
5. Cure hiccups: Soak a lemon or lime wedge in bitters, dip into sugar, then bite down on the flesh of the fruit.
6. Mix up some proper cocktails!