Bruise the spices and macerate in the alcohol for 10 days. Strain and filter before bottling.
by Darcy O'Neil :: [Bitters]
This is a pseudo generic recipe for a typical cocktail bitters taken from the book "The Art of blending and compounding liquors and wines" by Joseph Fleischman.
* A purplish-red dye derived from certain lichens ** Colocynthin is a type of bitter melon.