Smoked Cardamom Bitters amber glass bottle with letterpress label
1
LogoTINCTURE
Shop Now
A single droplet of amber bitters falling in extreme slow motion into a gold-hued Old Fashioned cocktail, botanical sediment visible in the liquid
Small-Batch · Copper-Distilled · Hand-Bottled

TinctureApothecary Co.

Botanicals brewed for the pour.

Shop BittersBuild a Flight
Scroll
Copper pot still with steam rising, small-batch bitters being brewed in an artisan distillery
The Process

Brewed in
copper stills.
Bottled by hand.

Every batch starts with whole botanicals — dried bark, fresh citrus peel, toasted spice — macerated in neutral grain spirit for 72 hours before a slow copper-pot distillation. No shortcuts. No concentrates. The same process since 2019.

72hMaceration
12Botanicals per batch
200Bottles per run
The Back Bar

The Bottles

Amber glass bitters bottle with letterpress label reading Smoked Cardamom No. 07
Best Seller
No. 07

Smoked Cardamom

2 fl oz

$24
Hide notes

Botanical Profile

Cold-smoked cardamomBlack pepperDried orangeCassia bark

Suggested Serves

Old FashionedNegroniMezcal Sour

Origin

Guatemala · India · Sicily

Dark amber glass bottle with wormwood botanical illustration on letterpress label
No. 03

Wormwood & Gentian

2 fl oz

$26
Tasting notes
Rose-tinted amber glass bottle with pink peppercorn botanical illustration
New
No. 11

Pink Peppercorn & Rose

2 fl oz

$26
Tasting notes
Very dark amber glass bottle with black walnut botanical illustration on aged parchment label
No. 02

Black Walnut & Bark

2 fl oz

$24
Tasting notes
Herbal green-tinted bottle with celery seed and lovage botanical illustration
No. 05

Celery & Lovage

2 fl oz

$22
Tasting notes
Curated Selection

Build a Flight

Three bottles. One box. A complete tasting arc from bitter to bright — the fastest way to stock a serious home bar.

Smoked Cardamom Bitters amber bottle in flight sampler set
No. 07

Smoked Cardamom

Bold · Warming · Complex

$24
Pink Peppercorn and Rose Bitters bottle in flight sampler set
No. 11

Pink Peppercorn & Rose

Floral · Spiced · Bright

$26
Wormwood and Gentian Bitters dark bottle in flight sampler set
No. 03

Wormwood & Gentian

Bitter · Herbal · Dry

$26
$62
$76Save $14

3 bottles · 2 fl oz each · Free shipping

Gift wrapping available at checkout

The Build

How to use Tincture

Chilled rocks glass with large clear ice cube and amber rye whiskey being poured
01

Build the Base

Add a large ice cube to a chilled rocks glass. Pour 2 oz rye whiskey over the ice.

Tincture bitters bottle center-frame with a single amber droplet falling into the whiskey glass, botanical oils blooming
02
Bitters Here

The Dash

Dash 3–4 drops of Smoked Cardamom Bitters directly onto the whiskey. Watch the botanical oils bloom on the surface.

Finished Old Fashioned cocktail with orange peel garnish, amber liquid glowing in candlelight
03

The Finish

Stir 20 rotations. Express an orange peel over the glass. The Smoked Cardamom lifts the rye without fighting it.

Cardamom

Guatemala

Cassia Bark

Vietnam

Orange Peel

Sicily

Black Pepper

India

Gentian Root

French Alps

SmokedCardamomNo. 07

The Botanical Map

Every ingredient in Smoked Cardamom No. 07, sourced from the same farms and foragers since the first batch.

Cardamom
Guatemala
Cassia Bark
Vietnam
Orange Peel
Sicily
Black Pepper
India
Gentian Root
French Alps
Shop This Bottle
The Word

On the Back Bar

"

"The most interesting new bitters on the American market. The Smoked Cardamom is essential."

Punch Magazine

Chloe Watkins · Senior Spirits Editor

"

"Tincture's copper-still method produces a depth that mass-produced bitters can't touch."

Imbibe

Marcus Delacroix · Contributing Editor

"

"Best Small-Batch Bitters, 2025 Spirited Awards nominee."

Tales of the Cocktail

Awards Committee · Spirited Awards 2025

Stocked at craft bars including

Death & Co

New York

Employees Only

New York

Attaboy

New York

Trick Dog

San Francisco

The Violet Hour

Chicago

Cure

New Orleans

Row of Tincture bitters bottles backlit on a bar shelf, amber glass glowing in warm candlelight

Stock your bar like the best bars do.

Wholesale accounts open for craft cocktail bars, restaurants, and hotel programs. Minimum 12 bottles per order.

Wholesale Inquiries