Bitters
Bitters at Bouchon covers both cocktail-use aromatic bitters and bitter-style aperitif and digestif liqueurs the distinction being more about use occasion than regulatory category. The common thread is botanical complexity built around bitter principles: gentian, cinchona bark, wormwood, and regional herbs and spices form the base of most expressions. As a class, bitters are the most intensely flavoured spirits in the catalogue and the ones where smallest volumes have the largest impact on flavour.
Massenez (Alsace) leads the Bouchon bitters range with an extensive lineup of aromatic bitters and digestif liqueurs drawing on the Alsatian fruit and herb distillation tradition. Maidenii (Macedon Ranges, Victoria) produces Australian vermouth and aperitif bitters with locally-foraged botanicals. Dolin (Chambery, Savoie) primarily known for their Chambery vermouth also produces bitters alongside the vermouth range.
Cocktails
20 cocktails — hover for the recipe
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30 ml Campari
30 ml Distilleria Negroni Vermouth Rosso
Soda water, to topMethod
Build in a tall glass over ice. Add Campari and vermouth, top with soda. Stir gently. Garnish with an orange slice. The original aperitivo.
Americano
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45 ml bourbon or rye
30 ml Campari
30 ml Distilleria Negroni Vermouth RossoMethod
Stir all ingredients with ice for 25 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe or rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange peel or brandied cherry.
Boulevardier
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45 ml Bas-Armagnac
30 ml Sweet vermouth
30 ml Italian bitter (Dolin Bitter or Three Foxes Triple Bitter)
Garnish: orange peelMethod
Stir all three with ice in a mixing glass for 25 seconds. Strain over one large ice cube in a rocks glass. Express a wide strip of orange peel over the surface; drop it in. The armagnac brings dried-fruit warmth to a drink usually built on rye or bourbon.
Armagnac Boulevardier
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50 ml Cachaça (white or lightly aged)
25 ml Sweet vermouth (or amaro for the bittersweet variant)
Garnish: orange peelMethod
Stir cachaça and vermouth (or amaro) with ice for 20 seconds. Strain into a small chilled rocks glass — neat or over a single large ice cube. Express an orange peel over the surface. Literal translation: 'rooster's tail'. The classic Brazilian aperitif.
Rabo de Galo
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30 ml Armagnac 4 ans biologic
30 ml Campari
30 ml red vermouthMethod
Fill the glass with ice. Pour in 30 ml of Armagnac. Add 30 ml of Campari and 30 ml of vermouth. Top with ice and stir with a bar spoon. Garnish with a grapefruit zest.
Le Saint Aubin
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60 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)
30 ml Grande Absente
85 ml sparkling wine
1 citrus slice
SodaMethod
Build over ice in a wine glass. Top with sparkling wine and a splash of soda. Garnish with a citrus slice.
Absinthe Spritz
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30 ml Noix de la Saint Jean
30 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)
30 ml mezcalMethod
Stir with ice. Strain over a large cube. Garnish with an orange twist.
Barcelonette Negroni
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30 ml Gin XII Café
30 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)
30 ml sweet VermouthMethod
Stir with ice. Strain over a large cube. Garnish with an orange twist.
Coffee Negroni
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40 ml RinQuinQuin
20 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)
30 ml mezcalMethod
Stir with ice. Strain over a large cube. Garnish with a peach wedge.
Mexican Peach Negroni
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30 ml Gin XII
30 ml Campari
30 ml sweet vermouth
10 ml ElisirMethod
Stir with ice. Strain over a large cube. Garnish with an orange twist.
Negroni (Elisir)
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50 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)
25 ml Farigoule de Forcalquier
20 ml grapefruit juice
Garnish with a raspberryMethod
Stir with ice. Strain over a large cube. Garnish with a raspberry.
Nono Rosso
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45 ml bourbon
30 ml Noix de la St Jean
30 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)Method
Stir with ice. Strain into a coupe. Garnish with a cherry.
Nutty Manhattan
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30 ml Gin XII Café
30 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)
30 ml Noix de la Saint JeanMethod
Stir with ice. Strain over a large cube. Garnish with an orange peel.
Nutty Negroni
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45 ml RinQuinQuin
45 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)
75 ml soda waterMethod
Build over ice in a tumbler. Top with soda water. Garnish with an orange slice.
Peach Americano
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40 ml RinQuinQuin
30 ml Gin XII
20 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)Method
Stir all ingredients with ice. Strain over a large cube in a rocks glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
Peach Negroni
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40 ml RinQuinQuin
20 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)
30 ml Gin XIIMethod
Stir with ice. Strain over a large cube. Garnish with a peach wedge.
Peach Negroni (Twist)
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22 ml gin
22 ml rye whiskey
22 ml Amaro Meletti
22 ml Bonal Gentiane-Quina
1 dash Bittermens Tiki bittersMethod
Stir with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange peel.
Sharpie Mustache
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30 ml Gin XII
30 ml Noix de la St Jean
30 ml Campari (or Dolin Bitter)Method
Stir with ice. Strain over a large cube. Garnish with an orange twist.
Walnut Negroni
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50 ml Dolin Bitter
Premium tonic water to top (about 120 ml)
Garnish: large grapefruit wedgeMethod
Fill a balloon glass with ice. Add the Dolin Bitter. Top with chilled premium tonic water; stir once, gently. Squeeze and drop a large grapefruit wedge into the glass. Drier and far more bitter than a G&T — the Chambéry alternative to Italian bitters.
Bitter & Tonic
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45 ml Rye whisky
15 ml Dolin Bitter
20 ml Sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Garnish: brandied cherry, orange peelMethod
Stir rye, Dolin Bitter, sweet vermouth and bitters in a mixing glass with ice for 25-30 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a brandied cherry and an expressed orange peel. The Dolin Bitter brings a bitter-orange spine to the rye — closer to a Red Hook than a straight Manhattan.
Bitter Manhattan
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