Bitter Truth Peach Bitters (200 ml)

Bitter Truth, founded in 2006 by Alexander Stein in Berlin, revived the lost art of small-batch bitters production after a 50-year gap in German craft distilling. This peach expression anchors that revival in stone-fruit specificity rather than generic fruit sweetness.

The base spirit is infused with peach stone and dried peach fruit, layered with gentian root, cardamom, and citrus peel—a technique that privileges botanical complexity over sugar load. The maceration and distillation process yields a 38% ABV concentrate designed for dash-dosing into spirits, not standalone sipping. The peach note reads as dried-stone intensity rather than fresh fruit candy, anchored by the gentian's characteristic bitter-earthy pull.

What distinguishes this from mass-market peach bitters: the absence of artificial flavoring and the deliberate use of gentian to create tension—the bitters do not sweeten a cocktail so much as deepen and structure it. A single dash transforms a gin sour or whiskey smash by introducing stone-fruit minerality without cloying.

200 ml format suits home bar curation; shelf-stable indefinitely when sealed.