Bitters adding spice to Canadian, US cocktails
AFP - Wednesday, October 19, 2011
VICTORIA, British Columbia — They put the mojo in a martini and the mettle in a Manhattan.
Cocktail bitters, those tiny, paper-wrapped bottles filled with a liquid so intense that most cocktails only require a dash or two, are the bartender’s equivalent of the iron that turns a rumpled outfit into a crisp-pressed suit.
When a cocktail is missing a certain something, salvation is often just a few drops away. But beware, add too much and your sublime cocktail will be undrinkable.
Now, boutique bitters are springing up across the United States and Canada and craft bartenders looking for ways to transform an old-fashioned gin cocktail or a sour are fueling demand.
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