Most of us have been advised, at one time or another, that it’s necessary to take the bitter with the sweet. This idiom uses bitter for “bad” and sweet for “good,” a usage dating from the late 1300s.

Calling the ingredient responsible for altering the flavor profile of a drink "bitters" may be a disservice to it. Steeping herbs, seeds, and bark in alcohol certainly creates a bitter concoction, but ...

Everyone knows that cocktails are usually made of spirits, vodka, gin, and rum, but do you know about bitters? Underestimated bitters are the secret ingredient that can take an average drink and make ...