Bitter Truth Travel Pack

Serious about cocktailing and don’t trust your airline/hotel/hosts to have proper bitters? No worries; this Bitter Truth Travel Pack ($42) is here to help. It contains five different bitters, each in twenty millilitre bottles, including creole (bitterness and cardamom), Jerry Thomas (citrus, dried fruit, cloves, cinnamon), aromatic (tangy, cinnamon, cloves), … Read More

The Blue Blazer

We hold this truth to be self-evident: fire makes cocktails better. The first bartender’s manual was published 1862 by Jerry Thomas, and this drink, the Blue Blazer, was his signature drink. It’s essentially a hot toddy made extra-hot with a theatrical flourish of fire.

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