DIY Orange Bitters
YIELD: 4 t (76 Servings)PREP: 1 min
INGREDIENTS
0.5 t Quassia extract
0.5 t Gentian extract
3 t Cherry extract
INSTRUCTIONS
Combine all ingredients in a dropper bottle, label and enjoy! (Remember: 1 dash = 4 drops.)
Just whipped this up at the request of Seth Thompson of the Bourbon Review to promote our upcoming Summer Cocktails Class.
My fellow bartenders Ron and Keith and myself crafting the 2012 $1,000 Woodford Reserve Mint Juleps. (Yes, someone already made a boy band comment.)
The Woodford Reserve $1,000 mint julep is the 6th most expensive cocktail in the United States and the only one of the top 10 to be offered regularly. (Once a year, anyway.) BTW – the photo in the link is of the KY Derby Early Times mint julep. The 2012 Woodford Reserve $1k Mint Julep was made with Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon, Kentucky spearmint, California lemon mint, barrel-aged mint sugar and barrel-aged vanilla sugar, and looks like this:
It was interesting to watch people’s expressions when we told them the price. Many people thought we were joking …