Name: Homemade Cocktail Bitters
Yield: 1 each bitters make about 4 (2-ounce) bottles each
Ingredients: 8 ounces dried cherries; 1 1/2 cups 101 proof bourbon; 6 cardamom pods, (crushed); 2 tonka beans, (cracked*); 2 vanilla beans, (scraped); 2 star anise; 1 1/2 cups 101 proof bourbon; 1/2 tablespoon gentian root; 1/2 tablespoon cassia chips; 1/2 tablespoon wild cherry bark; 1 cup 100 proof rye whiskey; 1/2 cup cacao nibs; 1 1/4 cups 101 proof bourbon; 6 cardamom pods, (chopped); 2 tonka beans, (cracked*); 1 cinnamon stick; 1/2 vanilla bean, (scraped); 1 1/4 cups 101-proof bourbon; 1 tablespoon gentian root; 1 tablespoon sarsaparilla; 1 teaspoon wild cherry bark; 1 teaspoon cassia chips; 1 teaspoon black walnut leaf; 1 cup 100 proof rye whiskey; 1/4 cup simple syrup; 3 grapefruits, (rind removed); 2 1/4 cups 100-proof vodka; 1 thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger; 1 tonka bean, (cracked*); 1/2 tablespoon culinary lavender