Argh! Avast ye! Fer what ye might be a wantin in yer grog The Bitter Truth pimento be all yer need. The color o a treasure chest and the smell o home Jamaica yer wont be wastin this on yer parrot. Pimento, or Allspice fer ye landlubbers, be a berry that when dried, ll taste like cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. All o which go together like a sea shanty and a drunken sailor with the heady Jamaican rum, argh! Try it an yerll find a Jacobs Ladder o flavor from clove te cinnamon, te nutmeg, te star anis w a finish o hot smoked maple syrup and dry cardamom and clove ah-gain. Stick it w some rum in yer blackjack and yer powder monkey, ll be avast swingin on the poop deck all night. Arrrrgh!

Sweet, spicy, and very intense. Clove initially presents itself in the foreground, fading into the pure flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, and pepper which linger on the tongue.

In the golden age of the American cocktail, bitters were an essential ingredient and there were a vast array of flavors to choose from. Bitters complement and embellish the flavor of a well-made cocktail and they were carefully crafted with this in mind. Since 2006, The Bitter Truth forged the way for the re-emergence of the category of bitters in our modern age. With careful research, quality produce and tight production, The Bitter Truth have revived the practice of creating quality cocktail bitters. The Bitter Truth was established by passionate bartenders Stephan Berg and Alexander Hauck in idyllic Bavaria with the intention of supplying bar aficionados with cocktail bitters that have not been seen in a century. Both men gained experience making small-batch cocktail bitters for the bars they represented. For years Stephan has been collecting ancient cocktail books and authentic bitters from the late 19th and early 20th century, and these were the inspiration for their first choice of cocktail bitter flavors.

Originally, cocktail bitters were the ingredient that distinguished cocktails from other categories of beverages such as Toddies, Slings, Fizzes, Sours, or Punches. For decades, they were an essential component of good cocktail creations. The start of prohibition curtailed consumers drinking habits, and cocktail bitters almost sank into oblivion. Only a few brands survived that period, but even after that, not all of them managed to reestablish themselves in the new market.

Proof/ABV: 44