As Fee says, "Bitters are the cure-all for your mixing woes." Bitters Prom Dresses essentially the allspice of your home bar, which is why they're worth stocking. Not to mention, they're cheap, take up little space, and a few drops go a long way. The original cure-all was the gentian root-based Angostura, developed in the 1820s by Dr. Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Sieger as a tonic to sooth seasickness. Manufactured in its Venezuelan namesake and exported to the British Blue Mermaid Taffeta Formal Dress Navy, Angostura was taken with a few shots of Plymouth Gin, which subsequently took on a pink hue. The resulting cocktail, pink gin, crept into British bars in the mid-1800s.

Alongside the rising popularity of pink gin in England was the sazerac in New Orleans, accented with a similar gentian-based tonic: Peychaud's. But unlike Angostura, which outlived scores of other 19th Blue One shoulder Beaded Prom Dress tinctures to become a 20th century best-seller, Peychaud's until very recently was a Louisiana anomaly. "Bitters in general, they're hot," says Kevin Richards, brand manager at New Orleans-based Sazerac Co., which manufactures Peychaud's. "In terms of the growth rate, the past two to three years in particular are big."

Not to mention, a major Angostura shortage in late 2009 sent drink-makers scrambling for alternatives. Peychaud's, and smaller bottlers, picked up the slack. And while Richards can't release sales figures, he Blue One Shoulder Long Chiffon Prom Dress that Peychaud's experienced a double-digit growth rate over the past 12 to 24 months.He cites the classic cocktail renaissance as a major influence and, in tandem, 21st century bartenders' curiosity and self-education. "As mixologists are more playful with cocktails, bitters are part of that rebirth," he says.