My latest piece on the Tasting Table (this time, National): Bitter Competition, about BarKeep Bitters. Many thanks to Marshall Altier, who created the Baked Apple Bitters, for hooking this up. Here's an additional recipe, just for Sweet Blog o' Mine readers:
Otoñal Old Fashioned
Adapted from a recipe by Joaquin Simo, Death & Co. New York
1.5 ozs Herradura Reposado
.5 oz Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy
1 teaspoon cinnamon bark syrup* (simple made w/cinnamon bark)
1 dash Angostura bitters
2 dashes Baked Apple bitters
Stir
Strain over fresh ice in an old fashioned glass. Express the oil of 1 orange peel and discard it. Garnish with 1 cinnamon stick.
(and P.S. – I've got them all at home in case anyone wants to taste them!)