A first bottle of Xocolatl Mole Bitters was delivered to Eastern Standard on Monday, along with Brian Miller’s recipe for the Second Sip – a Fernet cocktail featuring these bitters.Based on the response, we’ll be stocking Eastern Standard and No 9 Park with the full range of bitters within the month of November. Bostonians – look forward to getting Bittermens Bitters shortly! 

This weekend, Stephan Berg – co-founder of the illustrious “The Bitter Truth“ bitters in Munich mentioned Bittermens in his latest post on the Bitters Blog (in German).We’ll be hooking him up with samples to bring back to Germany next month. 

A note to the folks out in California looking for refills – it’s on the way! Bottles of the Xocolatl and Grapefruit bitters are on the way to Scott (Coco 500) and Thomas (Alembic). 

Over the past week, we’ve been “beta testing” a new recipe for winter that we’re calling the Squirrel Nut Bitters. It’s a pecan & vanilla base and it’s been fantastic in bourbon and aged rum cocktails – and really fantastic in a NY Flip. We’re putting another batch down this weekend to tweak the formulation – we want it a little more “nutty” before it’s ready for prime time!You can find these bitters behind the bar at Death & Co. and Milk and Honey.