Alcohol maceration

Maceration starts with the herbs themselves. Each dried herb has to be carefully weighed following the individual recipe. Small quantities of herbs are weighed on a precision scales using a bowl, whereas big quantities – such as green anise, wormwood and fennel – are weighed with a professional electronic scale. Once all the herbs are ready, alcohol and water are added in a still. The herbs are then added and mixed with the diluted alcohol and heated up, then kept in the still overnight. This way the herbs mix with the alcohol and develop the typical absinthe aromas.
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Pastis Combier - 70cl

France / 45%
(1 Review)

This traditional pastis from the Combier distillery contains no added sugar and...

Pastis d'Antan Combier is a traditional sugar-free pastis. This anise-flavored spirit contains many other plants and spices such as coriander, clove, cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg. Pastis d'Antan has a natural color somewhere between creamy-whit ...

 £33/Liter  £23
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Absinthe Antitoxin - 50cl

Germany / 89.9%
(95 Reviews)

A strong green absinthe with an unusual bottle shape - a true eye-catcher!

This 'Antitoxin Absinthe' comes in a 500ml skull shaped bottle. Unashamedly a novelty absinthe - the unusual shape of its bottle, and its neon-green colour, make it a true eye-catcher. Not only the unusual shape of its bottle, also ...

 £64/Liter  £32
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As its name implies, it is a perfect companion for all your tonic cocktails.

The Bitter Truth proudly produced this Tonic Bitters Special Edition to enhance your Gin and Tonic.The 200ml portion of this Tonic Bitters Special Edition has an alcohol content of 43% ABV and comes in an elegant bottle that visually reminds one of the medicinal hi ...

 £65/Liter  £13
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A fruity Williams pear liqueur from the Paul Devoille distillery.

Fully ripe Williams pears are used to make this sweet and aromatic liqueur. This particularly fruity liqueur is made by the Devoille distillery in Fougerolles. Williams pears from the Rhone valley in France are used exclusively. The ...

 £28.50/Liter  £20
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Working particularly well with gin-based drinks, these bitters bring a fine mild...

The coriander bitters work wonderfully especially with gin, but can refine cocktails with any base to add a fine aroma and a mild hint of coriander. Like all of Bob's Bitters, the coriander bitters arrive in a 100ml bottle with a pipette top, making dosage easy an ...

 £210/Liter  £21
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Absinthe Amnesie - 50cl

Germany / 69.9%
(1 Review)

A strong green absinthe with an unusual bottle shape - a true eye-catcher!

This 'Amnesie Absinthe' comes in a 500ml skull shaped bottle. Unashamedly a novelty absinthe - the unusual shape of its bottle, and its neon-green colour, make it a true eye-catcher. Not only the unusual shape of its bottle, also it ...

 £60/Liter  £30
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A refined fir liqueur.

A refined fir liqueur. The Sapin liqueur is an Art, it follows a very strict protocol in 2 complex steps: 1. A meticulous distillation of rigorously selected plants. 2. A fir buds and sugar ma ...

 £33/Liter  £23
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Grapefruit and gentian wonderfully paired together. One not just for the bar but...

Scrappy's Grapefruit Bitters in fact taste just like the fine few ingredients that are used to create them. The natural bitterness of grapefruit takes its place in the foreground of this flavor experience, but is then accompanied by a lightly sweet gentian tone.

 £133.50/Liter  £20
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Want to enjoy fabulous cocktails while traveling? This traveler's set is made fo...

The Bitter Truth Cocktail Bitters Traveler’s Set can be carried in flight hand luggage and therefore is the ideal companion for all globetrotters who won’t settle for anything less than perfect drinks during their flight! Including 5 different flavors ...

 £155/Liter  £15.50
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Intense and deep ginger flavors with an intense citrus bitterness.

The natural aroma of ginger brought the root to celebrated acclaim in house-hold kitchens across the world – but now thanks to Bob's Bitters, ginger is finding its role as a cocktail ingredient as well. The sour spiciness of this bitter compliments sweet spirits won ...

 £210/Liter  £21
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Anis d'Antan - Aqualanca - 70cl

France / 45%
(1 Review)

Discover a classic anise, made with French skills and great precision.

The Aqualanca anise is produced by the “Liquoristerie de Provence.” This is located in the heart of the Pays D´aix – a French association of municipalities in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône – and manuf ...

 £38/Liter  £26.50
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Particularly useful for sweet cocktails where a floral note is desired. A must h...

The strong lavender aroma, first registered by the palate, is then continuously lighter as it mixes with the strong spicy aromas and a light earthy tone. The flavor profile is grounded by a bitter but sweet aftertaste. Scrappy himself offers a few interest ...

 £133.50/Liter  £20
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Adds notes of curry and hot spice to cocktails.

The Curry Bitters should also come with an expectation for heat, but in comparison with the Chesapeake Bay Bitters the spiciness here is weaker and tastes distinctly like Indian Curry.This exotic bitter definitely harmonizes well with coconut milk or coconut rum.

 £383.50/Liter  £23
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Classic orange bitters from a maker of unparalleled reputation.

The mild smell of this bitter is surprising, because the flavor of this Orange Bitter is strong and fresh, tasting of oranges with a nuance of blood orange aroma. The initial flavor on the palate shows herbal tones as well as a light, pleasant bitterness.

 £133.50/Liter  £20
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Clean and clear grapefruit flavors.

Grapefruit Bitters work charmingly in sweet cocktails thanks for their sour but spicy qualities. Like Bob's ginger bitters, the grapefruit bitters harmonize especially well with martinis and all other cocktails with sweet spirits as a base.

 £210/Liter  £21
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The famous and unique Amargo Chuncho. Perfect to pep up your cocktails and your...

Its deep dark color already hints at the quality before the beautiful fragrance of this Peruvian bitter hits the nose. It is an absolutely exceptional aromatic bitter that would compliment many cocktails; not just the Pisco Sour, the natio ...

 £193/Liter  £13.50
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Inspired by the pickle vendors of Orchard Street, NYC. Add a briny flavour to fo...

Celery, apples and vinegar are the main flavours in this cocktail adjunct from Bittermens, mixology innovators supreme. Dedicated to the pickle sellers of Orchard Street, New York City, home of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, covering the m ...

 £146.50/Liter  £22
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Typical notes from Moroccan cuisine. Sweet, spicy, vegetal and nutty.

This bitter from the producer The Bitter End comes very close to the flavor profile of the Moroccan kitchen. Finely balanced, the various flavor tones are easy to recognize.At first, this bitter tastes sweet and spicy, but later develops a vegetable and nutty palat ...

 £383.50/Liter  £23
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Tahitian vanilla with a breath of bitter chocolate.

Bob's Vanilla Bitters have a light cacao flavor, mixed with tahiti-vanilla and a breath of bitter chocolate. Vanilla Bitters are ideal for cocktails with gin or bourbon as a base. Prize-winning cocktails using vanilla bitters can be found in our cocktails section. ...

 £210/Liter  £21
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Bitters Angostura Aromatic Bitters - 20cl

Trinidad and Tobago / 44.7%
(2 Reviews)

The quintessential bitters. Perfect for your cocktails or your other recipes. Un...

It is clearly not by chance that Angostura's aromatic bitters have achieved such worldwide prominence. For a bitter the taste is relatively sweet, with a fascinating harmony of aromas which is somewhat difficult to describe. In drinks and food dishes the tonic tempers sou ...

 £72.50/Liter  £14.50
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An orange citrate cocktail adjunct to make your cocktails.

After few years of research Bittermens have unleashed Orange Cream Citrate. These are not bitters! Bittermens only release a product where they see themselves fulfilling a need, and not needlessly replicating traditional spirits on the market.

 £146.50/Liter  £22
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As versatile as they are unique. Enriches almost anyone's cocktails in a burlesq...

Burlesque Bitters are as versatile in cocktail as they are unique: just a couple of drops of the bitter stuff will enrich any gin, rum, or tequila (see cocktails with Burlesque Bitters).The design of Burlesque Bitters' unique packaging immediately catches the ...

 £146.50/Liter  £22
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One of the very few bitters in existence with refreshing peppermint tones.

Bob's peppermint bitters have a well-defined peppermint-menthol aroma and develop only later their light citrus flavor. A light woody tone can also be noted in the aftertaste. Stefano Cossio uses 4 to 6 dashes of the peppermint bitters in his prize-winning Pomme A ...

 £210/Liter  £21
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Bitters Angostura Orange Bitters - 10cl

Trinidad and Tobago / 28%

High quality Orange Bitters created by Angostura. A classic.

As well as the wonderful fruit aroma, Angostura orange bitters also exemplify a complex and spicy bouquet. For this reason they serve perfectly as an exotic and multi-dimensional ingredient for countless drinks and food dishes (see recipes with Angostura Orange Bitters): ...

 £105/Liter  £10.50
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