Use these bitters in this all-local cocktail.
Combine all ingredients in a large jar and seal the lid.
Shake jar every few days.
After 10 weeks, strain out the solids and bottle the liquid.
1 cup chopped rhubarb
Peel of 2 oranges
Peel of 1 grapefruit
2 juniper berries
2 tamarind pods with seeds
3 whole coriander seeds
1/2 oz. gentian*
1 1/2 cups Stroh 80 Rum
Peel of 2 oranges
Peel of 1 grapefruit
2 juniper berries
2 tamarind pods with seeds
3 whole coriander seeds
1/2 oz. gentian*
1 1/2 cups Stroh 80 Rum
*Gentian is sold at Cheryls Herbs, 7170A Manchester Road, in Maplewood.
This article appears in October 2011.