Cocktails with Peach bitters
Peach bitters is a concentrated bitters flavored with peach, used by the dash as an accent.
ABV1.7–39%The Bitter Truth peach bitters are 39%, Fee Brothers about 1.7%. Either way, a dash adds almost no alcohol.
How it's used
Dashes put peach aroma into a drink without adding sugar, which is the reason to use bitters rather than a peach liqueur. It suits stirred drinks, sours and sparkling builds with bourbon, rye, gin or prosecco.
Substitutes for Peach bitters
Another peach bitters
Swaps dash for dash. Brands differ wildly from strong spirits to glycerin flavorings, so taste as you build.
Orange bitters and peach liqueur
Without a peach version, use 1 dash of orange bitters plus a barspoon of peach liqueur for every 2 dashes. The liqueur will add a little sugar.
Cannot replace bitters measure for measure. It is a sweet pour, so it brings a lot of sugar along with the fruit note.
Storage
Nothing spoils, but stone-fruit aroma is delicate: over a year the peach fades toward a general sweet-spice bitterness. Keep it out of the light and buy a bottle you will finish within a year.
