Barrel Roll Bar Essentials Espresso Cocktail Bitters | Drink Mixers for Cocktails | Premium Cocktail Mixers | Barrel Aged Bitters for Cocktails | Allergen & Gluten Free | 2 fl oz. Bottle

Dark chocolate and espresso bitters in your old fashioned…

To me, chocolate bitters should be used just a little to add a subtle nuances. If you want a lot more substantial chocolate in your drink, Creme de Cacao should be used. So for this reason, a little (a few drops go a long way). It was delicious when I made a Clover Club with the bitters. It had a nice raspberry forward flavors with just a touch of chocolate in the in the back. I will keep going back to this type of bitters without any hesitations.

I enjoy my bourbon & coffee so I decided to try these butters. They make for a great old fashioned, especially if you add chocolate bitters too

I had a bottle of Woodford orange bitters already, so I pulled that out for a side-by-side comparison. Style-wise, the bottles themselves are quite similar. Barrel Roll seems to be going for that aesthetic instead of choosing to mimic the distinctive Angostura bottle. Smell-wise, the Barrel Roll comes across as straight alcohol. The Woodford has some more aromatics in the scent. The Barrel Roll is 40% alcohol vs. 34% in the Woodford, so that possibly contributes to the difference in smell. To taste, I mixed a dropper of each with a little splash of club soda, to get a better idea of the flavor without anything competing. I went with the Woodford first. It has the classic bitter aromatic profile, with—to my tongue—just the slightest bit of orange. Then I went to the Barrel Roll. The predominant flavor here is a huge hit of citrus, which hides most of the bitterness. The Woodford ingredients are alcohol, natural flavors (orange and gentian root), and water. The Barrel Roll has water, alcohol, orange peel, lemon peel, gentian root, citric acid, and vanilla bean. So just from the ingredients you can see where all the citrus is coming from. I'm sure you can make a great cocktail with this stuff. It tastes pretty good. But you may not be able to swap it straight in for the other bitters on your shelf. So have some fun and experiment. I've been known to add a splash of straight lemon juice to my whiskey, so this will be a good alternative. My local store no longer carries the Woodford, so I don't know what the current price point on it is locally, but the Barrel Roll is about $2.50 cheaper here on Amazon, so it's priced solidly.

Great addition to a fall fig cocktail! I’ll be playing more with this in other cocktails & beverages soon.

Adds intense flavor to cocktails without the artificial aftertaste which is a reflection of quality ingredients.

Great chocolate bitters. Full of dark chocolate taste and smell.

Excellent and unique bitters that are great for cocktails