Hawaii Bitters to debut local flavors with your support

While the tales say that bitters were first used to sooth nausea, time has had a classy way of turning an old cure of maladies into the dynamic additive for cocktails. The Pink Gin Cocktail, Whisky Sours and even most martinis would not be around to get us tipsy without bitters to add aroma and flavor to every sip. By definition, cocktails have to have bitters, alongside the requisite spirits, sugar and water.

And so spices are to food as bitters are to cocktails, adding that special complexity that titillates our tongues and persuades our palate to order something that leans a little bit left of fancy.

— Nonstop Honolulu