Parsons, Brad Thomas. Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas. Photographs by Ed Anderson. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2011. Supplied ebook-derived PDF, version 3.1, 443 pages. eISBN 9781607740728.
All thirteen headnotes, ingredient lists and procedures were reviewed, including whiskey or rye carriers, fruit and spice combinations, charred cedar, coffee-pecan associations and an orange formula aimed at a familiar commercial-blend profile. The typical sequence combines alcohol extraction, a separate aqueous stage, sweetening and resting.
Brad Thomas Parsons, Bitters (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2011), supplied PDF 83–132. Apple 85–87; BTP 89–92; cedar 93–96; cherry 97–100; coffee 101–104; grapefruit 105–107; husk 108–110; lime 111–113; rhubarb 114–117; lemon 118–120; orange 121–123; pear 125–128; root beer 129–132.
Parsons, Brad Thomas. Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas. Photographs by Ed Anderson. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2011. Supplied ebook-derived PDF, version 3.1, 443 pages. eISBN 9781607740728. PDF 83–132; Apple 85–87; BTP 89–92; cedar 93–96; cherry 97–100; coffee 101–104; grapefruit 105–107; husk 108–110; lime 111–113; rhubarb 114–117; lemon 118–120; orange 121–123; pear 125–128; root beer 129–132.
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Parsons, Bitters, PDF 83–132.
Apple 85–87; BTP 89–92; cedar 93–96; cherry 97–100; coffee 101–104; grapefruit 105–107; husk 108–110; lime 111–113; rhubarb 114–117; lemon 118–120; orange 121–123; pear 125–128; root beer 129–132.
Source/locator and paraphrase checked. Ready for internal retrieval, not publication clearance or independent truth verification. Nominal twenty-ounce yields do not determine final proof: fruit water, added alcohol, absorption, heating and syrup vary. The roughly 24-day sequence differs from the at-least-a-month wording. Indefinite storage, room-temperature aqueous holding and unlabelled sassafras assumptions are not validated. Charred cedar flavor is not evidence of barrel maturation.
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No access. PDF 83–132; Apple 85–87; BTP 89–92; cedar 93–96; cherry 97–100; coffee 101–104; grapefruit 105–107; husk 108–110; lime 111–113; rhubarb 114–117; lemon 118–120; orange 121–123; pear 125–128; root beer 129–132.
Evidence Bitters BT07 — Thirteen bitters formulas retain process and yield limits; Literature Note
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Parsons, Brad Thomas. Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas. Photographs by Ed Anderson. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2011. Supplied ebook-derived PDF, version 3.1, 443 pages. eISBN 9781607740728.
Located reference: Parsons, Bitters, supplied PDF 83–132. Apple 85–87; BTP 89–92; cedar 93–96; cherry 97–100; coffee 101–104; grapefruit 105–107; husk 108–110; lime 111–113; rhubarb 114–117; lemon 118–120; orange 121–123; pear 125–128; root beer 129–132.
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All thirteen headnotes, ingredient lists and procedures were reviewed, including whiskey or rye carriers, fruit and spice combinations, charred cedar, coffee-pecan associations and an orange formula aimed at a familiar commercial-blend profile. The typical sequence combines alcohol extraction, a separate aqueous stage, sweetening and resting.
Nominal twenty-ounce yields do not determine final proof: fruit water, added alcohol, absorption, heating and syrup vary. The roughly 24-day sequence differs from the at-least-a-month wording. Indefinite storage, room-temperature aqueous holding and unlabelled sassafras assumptions are not validated. Charred cedar flavor is not evidence of barrel maturation.
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