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A very special and limited private barrel selection made in collaboration with our Joseph Magnus friends. This particular bourbon and the PX finish are a match made in heaven, with the sherry brightening up all the wood spice and caramel.Read now
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October 19, 2018 Joe Barwin
Old Fortunate 25 Year American Whiskey
Presenting a very old, very rare American Light Whiskey, distilled in 1992 and bottled in extremely limited quantities, exclusively at Bitters & Bottles. Don't sleep on it.Read now -
October 15, 2018 Patrick Smith
Your Frontier Field Guide to American Whiskey
Read nowWe talk to people all the time who know they like American whiskey, but maybe don’t know exactly where to start. Sometimes they’ll know a few bottles they’ve tried and liked, sometimes they aren’t sure it’s Bourbon or Rye or a Single Malt they go for, and sometimes they just aren’t quite sure what whiskey is at all. That’s what we’re here for!
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September 28, 2018 Mish Sukharev
"Go West, Young Dram!" - Our Favorite Whiskies West of the Mississippi
Read nowThere is a persistent myth that has grown rampant in the world - that great bourbon and rye, the great treasures of the imbiber's New World, can only be made and barreled in a small fraction of the land of "amber waves of grain." But just like The Star Sprangled Banner, bourbon and rye, and all the wonderful in-betweens of American Whiskey, belong to no man, state or county. Learn more about our favorite Whiskies of the West.
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June 13, 2018 Patrick Smith
Spritzes & Fizzes & Highballs, Oh, My!
While a stiff drink never goes out of style, in the summer heat it’s hard to beat something refreshing, something bubbly enough to tickle your tongue as well as it tickles your fancy. Enter our three summertime players: the Spritz, the Fizz, and the Highball.Read now -
April 25, 2018 Mish Sukharev
Our Favorite Barrel Finished Sippers
So what do we mean, "barrel finished" spirits? After all, don't most spirits spend at least some time in a barrel? What we specifically mean by the term is that the spirit has spent at least some time in a barrel that had previously held an unrelated spirit or wine. In this article we introduce just a few of our favorites sorted by "barrel finish" type. Explore, mix, enjoy!
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March 6, 2018 Mish Sukharev
Awakening To Irish Coffee
The Irish Coffee seems like the kind of drink that simply exists by default, never having been invented by anyone. But this legendary drink has its own continent hopping biography and family tree that lands us in our very own backyard of San Francisco.Read now -
January 24, 2018 Meredith Lantz
The best bottles of 2017 to try now and love forever
2017 was the year of the shake up. Once reliable bases were all but erased, and it was all about the big, loud, new-sense of spirit, eager to drain the swamp and pomp... out of cocktails and spirits of course.Read now -
January 22, 2018 Meredith Lantz
Home Base Bourbon - a safe bet for your new house whiskey
Home Base Bourbon is the perfect distillation for its name: a comforting, reliable choice to return to time and time again - dependable yet dynamic, familiar yet exotic, and supportive of whatever you add to it (particularly if it is a sweetener and bitters for an Old Fashioned).Read now -
January 22, 2018 Mish Sukharev
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Wyoming [Whiskey] But Were Too Afraid to Ask
The Meads, the family behind Wyoming Whiskey, have their roots deep in Wyoming and decided to make a line up of whiskeys that honor the diverse resources of their home. The distillery in Big Horn Basin (did you know that Big Horn was one of the names considered for the territory before Wyoming became a state? Also: Sweetwater, Lincoln, Yellowstone, and Cheyenne) works only with local ingredients - non-GMO grains from Rageth Farms and water from the Madison Formation, a limestone aquifer a mile below ground. We’re excited for a visit from these Wyomingites and to taste these three lovely bottles (like the three horns of the mighty triceratops - Wyoming’s state dinosaur!)Read now -
January 22, 2018 Meredith Lantz
Apple's Newest Release: Picking the fairest of them all
Read nowApple x Bitters + Bottles, sounds like a limited edition iPhone, but it's better. It is just as buzz-worthy, intoxicating, also comes wrapped in glass, and shows you have just as much taste.Make the call, and pick one of our curated Apple products today! They get picked off a line of trees, no need to wait in line for a spending spree.
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January 22, 2018 Joe Barwin
Wright and Brown: The gold standard of local, crafty, small batch, whiskey
"Craft whiskey" has finally evolved beyond the semi-meaningless small batch, artisanal, hand-crafted tropes that it created for itself and Oakland's own Wright & Brown's Rye and Bourbon Whiskey is case and point. This is objectively good whiskey - local, small batch (fewer than 800 bottles), artisanal, hand-crafted be damned.Read now