Peychaud’s bitters

  • The Pink Ribbon

    October, a month dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer, is upon us. Women and men nationwide are honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month by “Thinking Pink. ”Prepare for a flood of all things pink from buses, to billboards, to Monday Night Football and everything in between – sip pink cocktails like the “Pink Ribbon,” an invigorating rose-tinted Pink Pigeon Rum champagne cocktail, perfect for showing your support and solidarity.

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  • Sparkling Dragon

    Ingredients:
    2 oz Dragonfruit-infused Purity Vodka
    3 oz sparkling water
    3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

    Directions:
    Fill a highball glass with ice, dash bitters, then add infused Purity and top with soda.  Garnish with a slice of dragon fruit.

    Courtesy of Purity Vodka.… Read more

  • Bloody Sunday

    This Halloween Basil Hayden’s teamed up with Daniel Hyatt, one of San Francisco’s top mixologists, to create the ultimate Halloween treat. Daniel’s Bloody Sunday combines zesty orange juice, the floral aromas of crème de violette, and Basil Hayden’s Bourbon to create an enchanting cocktail that is bursting with flavor.

    Ingredients:
    1 1/2 parts Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
    1/2 part orange juice
    1/2 part grenadine
    1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters
    1 barspoon of Crème de Violette
    1/2 vanilla … Read more

  • Firecracker

    Ingredients:
    2 oz Flor de Caña 7 Year Rum
    .5 oz simple syrup
    3 dashes Peychaud Bitters
    Dash Lucid Absinthe
    Grapes

    Directions:
    Salt rim of small rocks glass. Add Flor de Caña, simple syrup, Peychaud Bittes, and Lucid to shaker with ice. Strain into coup style glass. Garnish with red grapes.

    Created by Mixologist Duane Fernandez Jr. – New York City. Courtesy of Flor de Caña Rum.… Read more

  • Spring-Time Manhattan

    Ingredients:
    1 ½ parts Maker’s Mark
    ½ parts Maurin Quina Liqueur
    1 bar spoon Stirrings Ginger
    4 dashes Peychauds Bitters
    1 heaping bar spoon of orange marmalade

    Directions:
    Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Fill with ice and shake until frost forms on the tin. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a fresh orange twist.

    Recipe by Josh Lewis (Blush). Courtesy of Maker’s Mark Whisky.… Read more

  • Bitter Truth

    ByTheSpir.it

    How a cure-all became a cocktail component
    By Carly Wray

    This article originally appeared in TheSpir.it

    It’s 1820. A German doctor sets out for Venezuela to join Simon Bolivar’s fight against Spain. It’s not long before he’s Surgeon General, manning a military hospital and overseeing the casualties, not just of war, but of tropical diseases. Chills, sea sickness. Ravaging disorders. And it’s not much longer before he conjures a cure: Angostura bitters.

    In the end, … Read more

  • Brandy Crusta

    I love a nice Cognac cocktail in the winter! Here’s a classic that you don’t see around much that’s worth a try. The Brandy Crusta is a 19th-century cocktail that was the predecessor to the Sidecar.  Like many great cocktails, it originated in New Orleans, so Peychaud’s is the perfect bitters for this concoction. Courtesy of Absolut Vodka.… Read more