Small batch bitters are making their mark on the cocktail scene. In cities like New York, Boston and San Francisco, cocktail enthusiasts and bartenders are rediscovering long lost recipes and coming up with new signature flavors which help create the palate of the New American Cocktail.
While living in San Francisco in early 2007, Avery and Janet Glasser used high proof spirit and a variety of herbs, peels and spices to create an extract of a traditional Mexican cooking sauce. This extract became the prototype recipe for the Xocolatl Mole Bitters.
The summer of 2010 marked a dramatic rebirth for Bittermens: winding down previous licensing agreements, striking new partnerships, developing new products and most importantly, leasing a commercial kitchen. All Bittermens products are now being made by hand at our Somerville, MA facility using primarily organic ingredients.
Bittermens also consults with bars and restaurants looking to develop signature in-house formulations.
Team Bittermens
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Avery Glasser – Co-Founder and Mad Scientist A backseat bartender and general flavor junkie, Avery focuses on creating the Bittermens formulations. When he’s not dreaming up new flavors, he’s working with bartenders on cocktail recipes…. occasionally while wearing a fez. Default Spirit: Anything brown and boozy. |
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Janet Glasser – Co-Founder and Business Brainiac With more time as a cocktail consumer than the average corporate mogul, Janet is truly the brains behind the business side of Bittermens. As President, she drives the operational aspects of Bittermens ranging from production scheduling to accounting to press and marketing. Default Spirit: Gin! |
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Mandie Holmes – Production Associate, Mover and Shaker Two parts graduate student, one part budding cocktail enthusiast, Mandie somehow finds the time for a dash or two of Bittermens in between thesis chapters. She is responsible for all the measuring, mixing and shaking that goes into every bottle of Bittermens. Default Spirit: Genever |
Friends of Bittermens
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Taza Chocolate not only supplies the cacao for the Taza Chocolate Extract and Xocolatl Mole Bitters, they’ve also been gracious enough to lease us commercial kitchen space within their Somerville, MA facilities. |
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The Boston Shaker maintains our online store, provides retail sales through their Somerville, MA shop and also provides wholesale and distribution services. |
| Jenna Holcombe is responsible for the amazing new Bittermens label design and artwork.
She is a graphic designer with 5+ years of experience in print, web, and packaging design, art direction and brand strategy, guerilla and viral initiatives as well as retail concepting. Jenna is now based in Montréal at Dynamo (www.godynamo.com), a small digital design studio. She is always on the lookout for exciting freelance projects… so feel free to email her at jenna.holcombe@gmail.com |
Bittermens, Inc.
Bittermens, Inc. was formed to promote a positive cocktail culture and to bring the Bittermens® Bitters to market. Bittermens, Inc. is a Delaware S Corporation. Bittermens is a registered trademark of Bittermens, Inc.
