Test Lab 001: Bitters

Taste the Origin Story of the Cocktail

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Enter Brass Monkey’s Test Lab for an ongoing guided cocktail series centered on bitters—the botanical ingredient at the foundation of cocktail history.

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Each Wednesday at 6 p.m., explore bitters through three original cocktail tastings. Your host will introduce each experiment, invite you to observe and taste, and explain how bitters shape aroma, balance, texture and flavor.

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A trained palate or cocktail vocabulary is never required. Curiosity is enough.

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Ingredient 001: Bitters

The Foundation of the Cocktail, Concentrated in a Few Drops

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Before bitters became a fixture behind the bar, botanical tinctures were associated with apothecaries, medicine and alchemy. They later became essential to cocktail culture, bringing structure, aroma, depth and balance to the glass.

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Test Lab continues through the end of October. Each week approaches bitters from a different perspective, with new cocktails and a fresh expression of the featured ingredient.