McMann and Tate Cocktail Bitters Review | Mike's Hard Reviews

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In today's episode of Mike's Hard Reviews, the first ever sponsored video produced for the channel, we're examining the bitters varietals crafted by McMann and Tate cocktail company, who provided a sampling of their lineup to me for review.

McMann and Tate Cocktail Company is a new-to-market startup that manufactures cocktail accoutrements for the home mixologist. While their largest offering is a wide range of cocktail bitters with rotating seasonal offerings, McMann and Tate also produces garnishes like salt rims and dried citrus in a catalogue that is growing every day.

These carefully crafted cocktail counterparts are designed to be applicable with all your favorite spirits and are perfect for amateurs and experts alike, so check them out today!

Thank you to McMann and Tate for sponsoring this video!

TL;DR for the entire review:
In general, I am surprised and intrigued by McMann and Tate's bitters. The bottles themselves are well-made and the branding attached to them is distinct from other big players in the spirits market, even if I'm not a particularly huge fan of dropper vials and think the graphic design on the labels could use a face lift. All of the bitters varietals I was provided (Cocoa Mole, Morning Coffee, Moroccan Orange, Wildly Aromatic, and Bing Cherry) were thoughtfully crafted and nuanced in ways that I wasn't expecting. While all of the bitters did maintain their function in both a standalone tasting test and in various cocktail tests, I find that not all of them fall squarely into what the market expects of the styles of bitters that these flavors fall into. They work, but expect the growing pains associated with a product that hasn't been a part of the market for a while.

I tested three of the five bitters varieties I was provided in this video and the other two in personal applications; I'd like to comment on the flavors that do not appear in cocktails in the video (Cocoa Mole and Morning Coffee). The morning coffee is like the pure distillation of a cup of dark roast coffee with extra botanical complexity roaming about in the background and it works phenomenally in cocktails. I made a rum old fashioned using just the coffee bitters as a substitute for aromatic and it was excellent. The cocoa mole bitters, as I discuss briefly in the video during the tasting process, is the most unbalanced of the varieties. Far too much oregano compared to other flavors to maintain subtlety when necessary.

All that said, I wholly endorse McMann and Tate Cocktail Company and their bitters! These are excellent products, if a little unrefined in their current state, that have amazing potential for upward growth as products and will certainly find a welcome home in your liquor cabinets and kitchens. To put a number to it: 4/5!

Recipes in This Video -
Rum Black Manhattan:
2 dashes Bing Cherry Bitters
1 oz (30ml) Ramazzotti Amaro
2 oz (60ml) Blended White Rum
Garnish: Sunken Cocktail Cherry

Horsefeather:
3 dashes Wildly Aromatic Bitters
1 oz (30ml) Lemon Juice
2 oz (60ml) Bourbon (Evan Williams Black Label)
Ginger Beer, to Top
Garnish: Mint Bunch

Revolver:
2 Dashes Moroccan Orange Bitters
1/2 oz (15ml) Coffee Liqueur
2 oz (60ml) Whiskey (Black Velvet Reserve 10 Year)
Garnish: Flamed Orange Peel, Discarded

Old Fashioned:
3 Dashes Wildy Aromatic Bitters
1 to 2 Dashes Moroccan Orange Bitters
1/3 oz (10ml) Rich Simple Syrup
2 oz (60ml) Rye Whiskey (Jack Daniels Rye)
Garnish: Orange Peel and Cocktail Cherry

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Relevant Links:
Bitters Encyclopedia Article (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitters

Historical Article on Cocktail Bitters (A BITTER HISTORY):
https://www.putaeggonit.com/blog/2017...

Left Hand Cocktail Recipe (Liquor.com):
https://www.liquor.com/left-hand-cock...

Video Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Who are McMann and Tate? (AD)
02:18 - A Brief History of Cocktail Bitters
03:37 - The Different Kinds of Bitters
05:51 - Introducing McMann and Tate Cocktail Bitters
06:29 - Review of Bottles and Labels
12:15 - Bitters Tasting
23:11 - Cocktail Test No. 1 (Bing Cherry in Black Manhattan)
27:53 - Cocktail Test No. 2 (Wildly Aromatic in Horsefeather)
33:12 - Cocktail Test No. 3 (Moroccan Orange in Revolver)
39:05 - Cocktail Test No. 4 (Orange and Aromatic in Old Fashioned)
45:59 - Recapping My Thoughts
49:42 - Should You Buy?/What Would I Use?
54:59 - Closing Remarks, Call to Action, and Outro

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