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Thought I'd start a thread about my new bitters as I know there's a few users on this board that have them and some others have been enquiring about them.
Released in the winter of 2009, Dandelion & Burdock Bitters are a unique, hand-crafted cocktail ingredient that I compounded to offer something new to the bitters/cocktail market. Dandelion & Burdock is a traditional British beverage dating back to the 1300s and is believed to have been created by the Italian priest Saint Thomas Aquinas. They were famed for their alleged medicinal properties, like the many cocktail bitters that followed in later years, and were a favourite drink of mine during my childhood. Both dandelion and burdock are known for their digestive qualities and offer an abudance of flavour. After compiling and referencing a number of Dandelion & Burdock receipts, these bitters capture their flavour profile in bitters formulae.
Tasting Notes: Dr. Adam Elmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock Bitters have layers of complex flavour; including ginger, anise, lemon, smoked tea, orange, liquorice, clove, honey, muscavado and malt; which combines to give an earthy, bittersweet product backed up by natural sweetness.
Some recommended drinks recipes below (more to follow);
Usuki Old FashionedCreated by Adam Elmegirab for Yatai spring cocktail menu – March 201050ml Genever12.5ml Sugar syrup4 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Dandelion & Burdock BittersMethod: Add all ingredients to mixing glass fill with cubed ice and stir for fifteen-twenty seconds. Julep strainGlass: Rocks/Old FashionedGarnish: Lemon zestIce: CubedChiapas Old FashionedCreated by Adam Elmegirab for Yatai winter cocktail menu – November 200950ml Patron Silver tequila12.5ml Green tea infused sugar syrup2 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Dandelion & Burdock Bitters1 Dash Regan’s Orange Bitters #6Method: Add all ingredients to mixing glass fill with cubed ice and stir for fifteen-twenty seconds. Julep strainGlass: Rocks / Old FashionedGarnish: Grapefruit zestIce: Large double frozen ice cubeLion’s ToothCreated for Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Dandelion & Burdock Bitters – April 201050ml Herradura Reposado12.5ml Licor 4325ml Fresh squeezed lemon juice1 Fresh egg white4 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Dandelion & Burdock Bitters1 Heaped barspoon caster sugarMethod: Dissolve sugar in lemon juice; add all remaining ingredients and dry shake for 5 seconds. Fill with cubed ice then shake hard for a further 10 seconds and fine strain.Glass: Rocks/Old FashionedGarnish: Star aniseIce: CubedThe GroveCreated for Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Dandelion & Burdock Bitters – May 201050ml Zubrowka10ml Licor 4337.5ml Fresh pressed apple juice12.5ml Fresh squeezed lemon juice4 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab’s Dandelion & Burdock Bitters12.5ml Sugar Syrup (2-1)Method: Add all ingredients to mixing glass fill with cubed ice and shake hard for ten seconds. Fine strainGlass: Chilled coupette or cocktailGarnish: N/AIce: N/AHighland PicnicCreated for Caorunn Gin by Brand Ambassador Ervin Trykowski25ml Caorunn Gin25ml Lillet Rouge,12.5ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice25ml Fresh pressed apple juice3 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock BittersTop with lemonade Method: Build over cubed ice and stirGlass: Collins/HighballGarnish: Apple slices, seasonal berries and other various fresh fruit and herbsIce: CubedDandelion MartinezVariant on the classic Martinez by Caorunn Gin Brand Ambassador Ervin Trykowski - May 200940ml Caorunn Gin20ml Antica Formula3 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock Bitters2 Dashes Luxardo MaraschinoMethod: Add all ingredients to mixing glass fill with cubed ice and stir for fifteen-twenty seconds. Julep strainGlass: Chilled cocktailGarnish: Orange zestIce: N/ACachaca MartinezVariant on the classic Martinez by Adam Elmegirab - May 200960ml Sagatiba Velha15ml Noilly Dry15ml Noilly Rouge4 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock Bitters2 Dashes Luxardo MaraschinoMethod: Add all ingredients to mixing glass fill with cubed ice and stir for fifteen-twenty seconds. Julep strainGlass: Chilled cocktailGarnish: Lemon zestIce: N/A
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Some more recipes;
Jefferson's GreenCreated by Mike Sharples for Harvey Nichol's in Edinburgh.5 Large mint leaves50ml Jeffersons Bourbon25ml Green tea5ml Sugar syrup10ml Green Chartreuse4 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock BittersMethod: Add all ingredients to mixing glass, fill with cubed ice and shake hardfor 10 seconds. Fine strain.Glass: Chilled cocktailGarnish: N/AIce: N/ARowan's BlushCreated by Mike Sharples for Harvey Nichol's in Edinburgh40ml Caorunn Gin20ml Fresh pressed apple juice20ml Chamomile Tea20ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice10ml Sugar syrup2 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock bittersMethod: Add all ingredients to mixing glass, fill with cubed ice and shake hard for 10 seconds.Glass: Chilled cocktailGarnish: N/AIce: N/AAdam's AppleCreated by Ben Iravani for Orchid in Aberdeen50ml Elements 8 Platinum12.5ml Monin Apple4 Dashes Dr. Adam Elmegirab's Dandelion & Burdock BittersMethod: Add all ingredients to mixing glass, fill with cubed ice and stir for 15-20 seconds. Julep strain.Glass: Rocks/Old FashionedGarnish: Lemon zestIce: Cubed