DIY Bitters: Reviving the Forgotten Flavor - A Guide to Making Your Own Bitters for Bartenders, Cocktail Enthusiasts, Herbalists, a

Excellent! very informative and good to practise the recipes...

Really nice book this. Well produced, engagingly written. I'll be attempting to make some bitters myself, soon.

This book at least teaches you to make bitters using a single technique, it spends very little time on the therory and practice of making bitters. It could have explored all of the techniques and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of them. The book is essentially tasting notes mixed with a few recipes.The text in the printed version is close to unreadable in low light conditions, there are problems in editing.

I refer back to this book often.

This book is a good start for DYI bitters. This was my first book of a few to learn about bitter, but what I love the most is that Urban Moonshine know their herbs, grow them, love them. And I follow UM in every social media platform!

I have purchased, read and tried out:...Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, Brad Parsons...Handcrafted Bitters, Will Budiaman...The Cocktail Lab, Tony Conigliaro...Making Tinctures: Beyond the Folklore Method, Thyme WisperBy a longshot, this is the best, and most detailed.Parsons - Amazing as a history lesson, and a good reference if you want to dabble. I disliked the amount of coverage on commercial bitters & cocktail recipes (I want to make my own, not read about what's available in stores and there are already thousands of web pages I can look to for recipes). I'm also much happier with the tincture method, as opposed to the 1 jar method of steeping all ingredients at the same time.Budiaman - This is a great supplement to DIY Bitters. It's gives lots of ideas of experiments, and I like the novel approach of grouping by the seasons. I disliked the mixing of Tincture and 1 Jar methods - I wish he would have stuck with the Tincture method throughout, so I didn't have to reverse engineer the recipes. Not strong enough on science or method to stand on it's own if you're really wanting to get into making bitters.Conigliaro - really interesting and novel ideas, but out of reach of most people. A rotovap, homogenizer thermomix and several other high priced pieces of equipment that simply won't be in most people's homes. Food grade essential oils and essences - if you have a rotovap why are you buying essential oils and essences? This books falls into the "because it's possible" realm, and while you do end up with several very yummy drinks, it's not the book most people will be looking for (get Liquid Intelligence instead - much more useful while still being full on geek-worthy).Wisper - simply not enough information to be useful. The method for organizing and labeling is awesome, and inspired me to be much more methodical, but the recipes and links to useful information are lacking (DIY Bitters is the book this one wanted to be).Now what's awesome about this book - basically everything.You get a nice lesson into a fairly extensive list of plants that make bitters, with detailed descriptions along with some folklore and history. The method of extraction is detailed and precise. The recipes are nice starting points, and the author invites you to experiment - Budiaman's books does this masterfully, and when read together these are a perfect pairing.Buy this book.

Really liked the information about growing the botanicals

Recipes were a bit too complicated for me, but still a great addition to your bar library.