Herbalists and creative drinkers looking for a crafty activity this winter are in luck. In DIY Bitters: Reviving the Forgotten Flavor, Urban Moonshine cofounders Guido Masé and Jovial King offer a ...

Love fruity IPAs? You’re not alone, but why settle for whatever combinations of beer and fruit you can find for sale at your local craft beer retailer? Why not concoct your own custom-flavored IPA — ...

Feeling bitter? Get in line. These days anyone who takes their drinking seriously is getting intimate with bitters. Fueled largely by the hard-liquor and artisanal-cocktail booms, bitters — those ...

Kate Payne doesn’t like to let anything go to waste. A local author who’s written about helpful tricks and tips in the kitchen and in the home with her “Hip Girl’s Guide” books, Payne has explored ...

Evan Mallett is hovering over some plants in a Victorian-era greenhouse in Portsmouth, N.H. Mallett, a chef at the Black Trumpet Bistro, is collecting medicinal herbs, which he infuses in alcohol to ...

DIY kitchen crafts are everywhere: cheese-making sets, beer brewing boxes, even grow-your-own-mushrooms logs. But until now, you’d have been hard-pressed to find a make-your-own bitters kit. Starting ...

If you enjoy unique cocktail flavors or working with fresh herbs and spices you can make a lot of unique bitters such as coffee, celery and spice, key lime, or apple pie. You'll basically infuse raw ...