Made with Bitters
Cocktails with Bitters
Bitters adds sweetness, bitterness, aroma, or depth that changes the final profile of a drink.
Open this page when bitters is one of the ingredients already on hand and you want drinks where it is doing real work, not just showing up in the background.
What to make
Drinks built around bitters.
Start with the top cards if you just want the clearest examples, then filter when you want to push toward a different spirit, style, or level of effort.
Results
16 cocktails
Wine & Sparkling
Artillery
Artillery is a easy alcoholic cocktail for house party with Sweet Vermouth, Gin, Bitters.
Whiskey
Balmoral
Balmoral is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth.
Gin
Bluebird
Bluebird is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for date night with Gin, Triple Sec, Blue Curacao.
Gin
Boomerang
Boomerang is a medium alcoholic cocktail for date night with Gin, Dry Vermouth, Bitters.
Rum
Broadside
Broadside is a medium alcoholic cocktail for summer patio with 151 Proof Rum, Scotch, Bitters.
Rum
Captain Kidd's Punch
Captain Kidd's Punch is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for summer patio with Rum, Lime Juice, Egg White.
Wine & Sparkling
Champagne Cocktail
Champagne Cocktail is a medium alcoholic cocktail for brunch with Champagne, Sugar, Bitters.
Whiskey
Classic Old-Fashioned
Classic Old-Fashioned is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Bitters, Water, Sugar.
Gin
Dubonnet Cocktail
Dubonnet Cocktail is a medium alcoholic cocktail for date night with Dubonnet Rouge, Gin, Bitters.
Whiskey
Flying Scotchman
Flying Scotchman is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Scotch, Sweet Vermouth, Bitters.
Gin
Gin Swizzle
Gin Swizzle is a medium alcoholic cocktail for summer patio with Lime Juice, Sugar, Gin.
Brandy
Horse's Neck
Horse's Neck is a medium alcoholic cocktail for cozy night in with Lemon Peel, Brandy, Ginger Ale.
Rum
Monkey Wrench
Monkey Wrench is a easy alcoholic cocktail for summer patio with Light Rum, Grapefruit Juice, Bitters.
Gin
Pink Gin
Pink Gin is a medium alcoholic cocktail for date night with Bitters, Gin.
Rum
Rum Old-fashioned
Rum Old-fashioned is a advanced alcoholic cocktail for summer patio with Light Rum, 151 Proof Rum, Powdered Sugar.
Wine & Sparkling
Turf Cocktail
Turf Cocktail is a medium alcoholic cocktail for house party with Dry Vermouth, Gin, Anis.
Follow the flavor
Lead with the flavor in your head and let the right lane answer back.
This is the better route when taste matters more than bottle choice. Each card leans into a distinct flavor mood rather than a rigid spirit category.
Citrus with lift
Bright, brisk drinks with snap, freshness, and the kind of finish that keeps the whole glass feeling awake.
See the bright, fizzy side
Orange afterglow
Rounder, juicier drinks that land softer and easier - less snap, more glow, more instant appeal.
Open the softer citrus picks
Tropical side trip
Softer, sweeter, and more playful - the lane for beach-leaning flavors, warmer energy, and a little escapism.
Take the tropical detourTry it another way
These next steps help if you want to widen back out from one ingredient to a bottle, a broader lane, or the strongest all-rounders.