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Kräuter Sauer

Kräuter Sauer

While most Underberg cocktails are all on board the bitter bandwagon, The Kräuter Sauer opts for balance. This vermouth-based cocktail is an exceptional use for a bottle of Underberg, which adds the perfect amount of herbal and bitter notes to what would otherwise be a…

Underberg – The Unusual German Bitters and 7 Cocktails to Use It In

Underberg – The Unusual German Bitters and 7 Cocktails to Use It In

Obscurity of a cocktail ingredient does not guarantee that said ingredient is good. Perhaps there is a reason a certain spirit is unknown, as opposed to it being a mysterious elixir. However, when that obscure ingredient has been around for over 150 years, it’s more than…

The Clint Eastwood

The Clint Eastwood

This recipe dates back to 2009, when Mike Ryan of The Violet Hour devised this simple, yet delicious formula.  The recipe is very straightforward, in fact, Robert Simonson states in his book, The Old-Fashioned, that bartenders were making a similar version of this as far…