Ira Remsen Bitters Kit

For the serious cocktail enthusiast, the Ira Remsen Kit lets you experiment in style. The sturdy wood case included with this kit lets you take the show on the road or earn serious bar cred at your next speakeasy night. 

Seven types of dropper bottles are available (number in kit; 30 ml with glass dropper and rubber bulb unless otherwise noted): 

- Amber Barnes square (8; with red rubber stopper)

- Clear Barnes square (8; with red rubber stopper)

- Amber French square (9)

- Clear French square (9)

- Amber Boston round (8)

- Clear Boston round (8)

- Amber long neck (9; euro internal dropper)

Wooden trunk

Funnel and filter papers

60ml irrigation syringe 

4 reagent bottles with corks

Printed recipe booklet 

Ingredients (3 fluid ounces/6 tablespoons/90 ml each)

• Allspice berries
• Black peppercorns
• Black walnut leaf 
• Birch bark
• Bitter Orange peel
• Burdock root
• Cardamom (green pods)
• Celery seed
• Cinchona bark
• Cinnamon chips
• Roasted Cocoa beans
• Elderflowers
• Gentian root
• Hibiscus flower
• Hops cones
• Juniper berries
• Lavender flowers
• Licorice root
• Milk Thistle seed
• Quassia wood
• Sarsaparilla root
• Wild Cherry bark
• Wintergreen leaf
• Wormwood herb

I highly recommend the book "Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas" by Brad Thomas Parsons and Ed Anderson as an accompaniment to this kit. 

Ira Remsen founded the Department of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.  He encouraged his students to experiment and observe and not rest on their achievements.  He also had an impressive set of muttonchop sideburns.  Learn more about him on our blog.

Please make sure to consult your healthcare provider about what herbs and spices are safe for you to ingest if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, taking any medications, or have any medical concerns.