# Orange bitters

Cocktail bitters combining concentrated orange-peel flavour with bitter botanicals and spices.

Parent category: [Cocktail bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cocktail-bitters.md)

Alcohol: 28% ABV

## Cocktails

- [50/50 Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/50-50-martini.md): An equal-parts Martini that lets fresh dry vermouth share the foreground with gin, lifted by orange bitters.
- [Adonis](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/adonis.md): A poised, lower-proof aperitif joining dry, nutty Amontillado sherry with sweet vermouth and orange bitters.
- [Alaska](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/alaska.md): A vivid early Martini relative pairing dry gin with honeyed, herbaceous Yellow Chartreuse and orange bitters.
- [Astoria](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/astoria.md): Two parts fresh dry vermouth to one part Old Tom gin make this 1931 Waldorf recipe a true reverse Martini, sharpened only by orange bitters.
- [Bamboo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bamboo.md): A delicate, low-alcohol aperitif joining fino sherry and dry vermouth with aromatic bitters.
- [Bitter Giuseppe](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bitter-giuseppe.md): Stephen Cole's low-proof modern classic makes earthy Cynar the base, lengthened with sweet vermouth and sharpened by lemon and orange bitters.
- [Black Manhattan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/black-manhattan.md): A dark, bittersweet Manhattan that replaces vermouth with rich Sicilian Averna.
- [Blackthorn (English)](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/blackthorn-english.md): London dry gin and sloe gin turn a split-vermouth Martini into a dark-fruited, bitters-seasoned counterpart to the Irish Blackthorn.
- [Bronx](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bronx.md): A bright, shaken Perfect Martini relative in which fresh orange gives gin and split vermouth a softer, juicy shape.
- [Bywater](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bywater.md): Chris Hannah’s current New Orleans rum-Brooklyn branch joins aged rum to Averna, green alpine herbs, falernum, and two aromatic bitters.
- [Casino](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/casino.md): An Old Tom gin sour sharpened with maraschino, lemon, and orange bitters.
- [Coronation Cocktail (Joseph Rose)](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/coronation-cocktail-joseph-rose.md): Joseph Rose’s 1903 Coronation is a bone-dry vermouth-and-fino cocktail lifted by tiny measures of maraschino and orange bitters.
- [Coronation No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/coronation-no-1.md): Equal fino and dry vermouth make a pale, saline wine cocktail in which maraschino and orange bitters supply just enough fruit and spice to distinguish it from the Bamboo.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-1.md): Cognac, Calvados, and sweet vermouth make a dark, spirit-forward member of the loosely named Corpse Reviver family, entirely unlike the bright gin-and-citrus No. 2.
- [Eeyore’s Requiem](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/eeyores-requiem.md): Toby Maloney's uncompromising Violet Hour aperitivo layers Campari with two amaros, blanc vermouth, gin, and orange bitters.
- [Fancy Free](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fancy-free.md): Maraschino replaces sugar entirely in this modern rocks-glass reading of an early whiskey cocktail, with two bitters keeping bourbon's sweetness taut.
- [Ford Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/ford-cocktail.md): Equal Old Tom gin and dry vermouth make a soft, wine-led nineteenth-century Martini branch, with mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters supplying honeyed herbal detail.
- [Fourth Regiment](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fourth-regiment.md): Three distinct bitters turn an equal rye-and-sweet-vermouth Manhattan ancestor into a detailed study of citrus, anise, and savoury celery.
- [Greenpoint](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/greenpoint.md): A Manhattan variation layering rye and sweet vermouth with herbal Yellow Chartreuse.
- [Hearst Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hearst-cocktail.md): An equal-parts sweet Martini where aromatic and orange bitters put a dark, spiced edge around dry gin and fresh Italian-style vermouth.
- [Hoffman House Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/hoffman-house-cocktail.md): A shaken two-to-one dry-gin Martini seasoned with orange bitters and fragrant orange oil.
- [Kangaroo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kangaroo.md): The classic vodka Martini: clean, cold, and lightly herbal, with orange bitters adding definition.
- [London Calling](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-calling.md): Fino sherry draws a saline, almond-dry line through this bright gin sour, with orange bitters and grapefruit peel extending its citrus without adding sweetness.
- [London Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-cocktail.md): London dry gin is subtly sweetened and sharpened with absinthe, orange bitters, lemon oils, and an olive.
- [Marguerite](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/marguerite.md): An equal-parts ancestor of the Dry Martini, softer and more wine-led, with orange bitters tying gin to vermouth.
- [Martinez](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/martinez.md): An equal-parts gin-and-sweet-vermouth cocktail accented with maraschino and orange bitters.
- [Metropole Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/metropole-cocktail.md): George Kappeler’s equal brandy-and-French-vermouth cocktail layers three tiny sweet, anise, and orange-bitter accents over an unusually dry core.
- [Oh, My Word!](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/oh-my-word.md): Sother Teague rebuilds the Last Word without citrus, stirring Old Tom gin, Montenegro, Chartreuse, maraschino, and orange bitters into a lush herbal nightcap.
- [Pegu Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pegu-club.md): Gin, dry orange curaçao, fresh lime, and two kinds of bitters make this Rangoon club classic both a taut sour and an aromatic cocktail.
- [Perfect Martini](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/perfect-martini.md): A rounded Martini splitting its vermouth evenly between dry and sweet styles, with orange bitters for aromatic lift.
- [Poet's Dream](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/poets-dream.md): Mere dashes of Bénédictine and orange bitters perfume a lean two-to-one gin Martini in the restrained 1937 Café Royal form.
- [Puritan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/puritan.md): A dry, herbal Martini variation in which Yellow Chartreuse rounds gin and vermouth without taking over.
- [Satan’s Whiskers](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/satans-whiskers.md): The straight Savoy branch splits its gin with both vermouths and fresh orange, then deepens the compact, bittersweet result with Cognac-based Grand Marnier.
- [Scofflaw](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/scofflaw.md): High-proof rye and dry vermouth form a taut Prohibition-era frame for lemon, pomegranate, and orange bitters, landing between a sour and a Dry Manhattan.
- [Search for Delicious](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/search-for-delicious.md): Cynar and Punt e Mes turn silky and aromatic under tiny measures of lemon, orange bitters, and bitterness-taming salt.
- [Trident](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/trident.md): Aquavit, dry sherry, and Cynar meet in equal measure, with peach and orange bitters drawing out the drink's savoury fruit and spice.
- [Turf Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/turf-club.md): Dry gin and vermouth become unusually dimensional under measured accents of maraschino, absinthe, and orange bitters, placing this turn-of-the-century Martini relative beside but not inside the Tuxedo family.
- [Tuxedo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/tuxedo.md): Old Tom gin and vermouth accented with maraschino, absinthe, and bitters.
- [Yale Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/yale-cocktail.md): Old Tom gin, two bitters, lemon oil, and a small soda charge preserve the original 1895 Yale as a brisk pre-Martini cocktail rather than a later blue namesake.

## References

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