The back bar
This is my back bar. Each entry says what a spirit is, which cocktails it belongs in, how to buy it and where the popular stories go wrong.
amaro · bitters
Roots, barks and peels steeped in spirit and sweetened until the bitterness becomes pleasure. Campari, Aperol, fernet and the alpine amari, the aperitivo and digestivo habits that made them, and the drinks they anchor.
6 min read · 5 sources
liqueur · botanicals
Herbal secrets from Fecamp and the Chartreuse mountains, orange liqueurs from curacao to Cointreau, marasca cherries, Danish cherry liqueur and coffee. The sweet modifiers that give classic cocktails their second voice.
7 min read · 10 sources