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Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date.

You’ve got the gin and tonic down. You’re quick with a bourbon and ginger. You can sniff out a bottle at the wine shop that pretty much anyone will enjoy. And you can talk craft beer with the best of ...

Aromatic bitters, according to our experts, are the most common and classic bitters you can get. They tend to have notes of spices and bittering herbs and are traditionally added to cocktails like old ...

Everyone knows that cocktails are usually made of spirits, vodka, gin, and rum, but do you know about bitters? Underestimated ...

If you’ve ever added a splash of hot sauce to a sandwich or grain bowl, you understand the basics of cocktail bitters. Sold in small bottles and doled out by the dash, bitters are aromatic extracts ...

Two centuries is a long time to keep a secret. The House of Angostura, the producer of Angostura bitters, has managed to do just that. The brand recently celebrated its 200th anniversary in Port of ...

This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to what people in the food industry are obsessed with eating, drinking, and buying right now. I find myself drinking Hella Cocktail Co.’s Bitters & Soda at ...

Emily Saladino is a journalist, editor, and recipe developer in New York. Previously a culinary editor at Food Network and managing editor of Wine Enthusiast, she works as a contributing editor at ...