An expensive BITTER TRUTH

WHEN IT COMES TO BITTERS, THE BOTTLES AND THE CONCOCTIONS BOTH HAVE BEEN COVETED AND WORTH BIG BUCKS THROUGH HISTORY

The Bitter Truth Dried Fruit Bitters were created for the World’s Most Expensive Cocktail, the 27321 also known as Diamonds are Forever, served at the Burj al-Arab Hotel’s Skyview Bar in Dubai. Costing $7,450 — that’s almost $400 a sip — this cocktail combines a 55year-old Macallan single malt natural-colour whisky from a Lalique Decanter with homemade passion fruit sugar and a couple of dashes of The Bitter Truth Dried Fruit Bitters. It’s served over ice cubes made of water from the Macallan distillery in Scotland in a Baccarat 18-carat gold glass and presented with a complimentary oak stirrer made from a Macallan cask. These bitters are produced solely for the Burj al-Arab Hotel Dubai/UAE.