The Bitter Truth Bogart's Bitters 0,35L 42,10%

The Bitter Truth Bogart's Bitters 0.35L 42.10%

The story of The Bitter Truth

Cocktail bitters were an indispensable part of a good cocktail creation for decades and distinguished the group of cocktails from other drink categories such as slings, fizzes, sours, toddies or punches. With the onset of Prohibition, however, they were almost forgotten and it was only with the revival of cocktail culture in the early 2000s that cocktail bitters again came into focus. The Munich company "The Bitter Truth", which was founded in 2006 by former bartenders Stephan Berg and Alexander Hauck, played a major role in this. Berg & Hauck based the decision as to which flavours should be produced on old cocktail recipes, which could no longer be recreated faithfully because a crucial ingredient was missing - the right bitter. "The Bitter Truth" is now one of the most renowned companies in the cocktail bitters segment and continues to surprise the market with products that are highly innovative.

Bogart's Bitters

It is no exaggeration to say that the original cocktail movement began with Bogart's Bitters, as they are mentioned in the 1862 book "The Bar-Tenders Guide: How to mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant's Companion" by legendary bartender Jerry Thomas, making them the first cocktail bitters ever mentioned in writing.

Although no bottle from the Jerry Thomas era has ever surfaced, the general opinion is that Bogart's is a kind of misspelling of Bokers Bitters, which was extremely popular at the time. The Bitter Truth has managed to get hold of one of the few bottles of Bogart's Bitters still in existence in the world, which was bottled around 1900 and served as the basis for The Bitter Truth - Bogart's Bitter.

The challenge of the recreation was enormous, because in addition to the contents, the iconic "Lady Leg" bottle also had to be reproduced. In collaboration with a glassworks, the glass bottle, which had not been used for about a century, was reissued. The same applies to the labels, which were redesigned based on the original bottle, making it possible to bring it back onto the market almost identically. In order to imitate the contents of the bottles as accurately as possible, they were analyzed, interpreted and changes in the taste profile due to age were removed, making the new recipe almost authentic to the original.

The Bitter Truth Bogart's Bitters is only available in a strictly limited edition and is a must for every bitters fan and cocktail enthusiast!

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