Summary of How To Spice Up Your Old Fashioned - Homemade Allspice Bitters

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This video explains how to make homemade allspice bitters. First, mesh a strainer to get the best results. Next, place the bitters in the freezer or fridge to filter. Finally, pour the bitters into a small bottle and label it.

• 00:00:00 This video shows how to make allspice bitters, a popular cocktail ingredient. Allspice bitters are made with 17 grams of crushed dried allspice or pimento berries, 2 grams of dried orange peel, 1 gram of a vanilla bean - cut lengthwise, and scrape out some of the seeds, 1 gram of Ceylon cinnamon, 0.5 gram of cloves, 0.5 gram of coffee beans, lightly crushed as well, 0.5 g of star anise, and 2 crushed cardamom seeds - not pods, but just 2 seeds from a single pod. The two bittering agents are 1 gram of cinchona bark and 1 g of quassia chips. Next are the two flavoring agents, 1 gram of cardamom pods and 1 gram of lavender buds. Finally, we'll need something to extract all the flavors, and today I'm using rum, 240 ml of Plantation's Overproof Rum which sits at 69% ABV and has a really nice funk to it. In general higher ABV content means more extraction, but since some ingredients are only soluble at a certain ABV, I'll lower the alcohol content to 55%. To do that I'll need to add 60 ml of water. Then vacuum and seal
• 00:05:00 This video explains how to make homemade allspice bitters. First, mesh a strainer to get the best results. Next, place the bitters in the freezer or fridge to filter. Finally, pour the bitters into a small bottle and label it.