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Frequently bought together
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Primitiva Bitters
$16.95
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Passion Fruit Tropical Cocktail Syrup
$19.99
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Original Orgeat Cocktail Syrup
$18.99
Hundreds of classic tiki specs end with the same 1-2 punch: a dash of aromatic bitters and a whisper of absinthe. It's also the easiest place to wreck the drink — one errant drop of absinthe and everything tastes like licorice regret. Xtabay is that 1-2 punch pre-balanced in one bottle: sour cherry for tartness, cardamom, clove, and cinnamon for the savory middle, fennel and aniseed carrying the absinthe register, gentian underneath, and — the secret that makes it work — cracked black peppercorn, which lifts every other aromatic and keeps the flavor standing long into the sip. All of it steeped in aged overproof rum.
Reach for it anywhere the old books say “bitters and absinthe”: extra zip in a Zombie, a jazzed-up Jet Pilot, a 151 Swizzle where the herbs hold the heat in check. Same promise as its sibling — three dashes will do — and the same precision dasher top, so your aim is as good as the blend.
The dash doctrine
℞ – Take 2–3 dashes, as needed, in:
an Old Fashioned
a Daiquiri
soda water
your coffee (we won't tell)
Before: a drink that's fine. After: a drink with a backstory.
- Doses in this bottle≈ 161 dashes
- Cost per dashabout $0.10
- Shelf lifeoutlives most friendships
Not sure where to start? The Oracle now speaks in bitters – consult it.
Batching for a crowd? The calculator counts the dashes
The bar book keeps a page open
Your mixological genius belongs in print
Every legendary tiki recipe started as somebody's kitchen experiment. If you've built a pour worth bragging about, we want it – set in the double-line frame, printed in the official BG Reynolds bar book, your name on the credit line, shelved between the Mai Tai and the Jet Pilot where it belongs.
Submit your masterpiece
Got a pour that deserves the double-line frame? Send it in. Recipes we publish appear as official BG Reynolds bar book cards – with your name on the credit line.
Something spilled – please add a drink name, your credit line, an email, and at least one ingredient.
By submitting, you let us publish your recipe and credit line. Exact ounces appreciated. Drink responsibly.
Received – the bar book committee will give it a shake. If we print it, you get the credit.
