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North Carolina's first cocktail bitters company. Handmade by human hands in Raleigh, NC since 2012 Handmade by human hands in Raleigh, NC

01/15/2026

T O A S T E D S E S A M E B I T T E R S
Number 22 of our “Apothecary” limited batches!

We wanted a nutty and rich flavor for all your wintery drinks. Over 10lbs of white and black sesame seeds were toasted and roasted, paired with fenugreek and maple to produce a nutty-savory, lightly caramel-y taste! If you recall, we made a Shiitake-Sesame-Banana bitters for our 10th bday in 2022…

Fantastic in any whiskey or amaro cocktail (think manhattans and boulevardiers), or vermouths, but we think it shines in Sours. Winter daiquiris, margs, etc. You can use these bitters in addition to many of the classic bitters flavors too!

It also works amazingly well in beers! We’ll be popping up at the 7th Anniversary on Friday 1/23 to make some beer & bitters and celebrate our neighbors!

01/10/2026

Happy 2026! Our grapefruit-jalapeño shrub returns for all your Dry January needs!

A delicious mix of fresh grapefruit, de-seeded jalapeños, cane sugar, and vinegar. Mix with seltzer for an easy spritz.
Online now and in shop.

(We’ll have some new bitters too verrrrrrrrry soooonnnn)
🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

11/20/2025

We partnered with to craft scented candles based on our most popular flavors!

Crude Bitters is celebrating 13 years in December and The Bittery just turned 7 years old! ❤️ We have wanted to do do a bitters & candle collab for year… we finally pulled the trigger.

Each candle is 9oz and made from soy-blend wax. Hand poured.

Limited supply! These are available on the Crude Bitters site for shipping, or available at The Bittery Wed-Sat 12-6p

11/07/2025

We hosted the PR/Journalist Team for the Michelin Guide American South 2025 today!

We work with many of the restaurants recognized by the new Michelin Guide and were honored that they asked us to provide a tour and bitters class while they were visiting Raleigh.

Thank you for letting us be a part of your day and we’ll see you again when you return! Enjoy all the great food and drink!

09/03/2025

We’re going to Barcelona! ORDER BY FRI. 9/5 2pm EST & it will ship before we leave. 🇪🇸

will be open for local folks.
Otherwise, orders after that will ship 9/17.

We are excited! Traveling through Barcelona, Sitges, Tarragona, and Reus is a dream. We’ll be drinking vermouth and bitters all the days long… any recommendations please leave in the comments!
We’ll be back right before . ❤️

05/23/2025

🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 This labor of love took almost 3 months! Online now! crudebitters.com/shop

Fresh bananas, banana peel, dehydrated bananas, roasted bananas, and freeze-dried bananas make up these delicious and fruity bitters. Demerara sugar and cassia roundout that nanner flavor. Perfect in all summer drinks: daiquiris, margarita, highballs, ranch waters, and anything ending in “and soda” or “bubbles”

10 (TEN!) years ago we released a version of banana bitters (008)! 🙀 We worked hard for a decade and this version is a result of us refining our craft (019)

Things are a little bananas out there right now, your drinks should match. 😁

05/01/2025

Oh hi there! 👋 Been a bit since we posted to the grid! We have 2 new flavors! On sale now!

🥒🍋‍🟩 Cucumber-Lime (4oz)

🫖🌹 Earl Grey-Juniper-Rose (4oz)

These are 20 and 21 in our ongoing “Apothecary” Limited Series. Now wait a minute, wasn’t the last “Apothecary” No. 18 (lemon-thyme-celery)? Well, number 19 is driving us a little bananas 🍌 at the moment and needs a little bit more time. Stay tuned. 😁

Try these new bitters in all your summertime drinks. Gin/Rum and tonics, ranch waters, amaro spritz, vodka-sodas.

Instagram overloads told us that music on photos increase the reach. Let these new bitters reach you!! We hope every good person is well. ✌️

08/07/2024

🌅APHRODISIAC OLD FASHIONED🌅

A personal favourite of ours from the new season signature cocktail menu.. think luxuriously rich flavours of our blue cheese Mellow Corn Whiskey, funky and sweet house made Good Land Brewing Co "Beer-dro Ximinez" & a slither of spice from Crude Bitters & Sodas orange and fig bitters...
🌟Garnished with lavosh - *contains gluten*

04/01/2024

Winter Blossom 🌸

🌿 1.5 oz. Guideboat Gin
😊 .75 oz. Simple Syrup
🍋 .75 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
🌸 6-8 drops Floral Bitters* (optional)
🥂 Sparkling Rosé**

Shake first 4 ingredients.
Double strain to a flute glass.
Top with sparkling Rosé.
Garnish with lemon twist.

* we like to use Crude Bitters & Sodas Hibiscus, Lavender & Oak Bitters

** we like to use Galway Rock Vineyard & Winery sparkling Rosé

03/20/2024

🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒
Cucumber Shrub Is Back!

Fresh cukes, vinegar, cane sugar. That’s it. This shrub is a refreshing and delightful way to spritz up spring.
Add a little to seltzer, or add some with your favorite clear spirit and seltzer!

Hitting our retail partner shelves this week and on our website and now.

02/29/2024

Cocktails on Leap Day don’t count! 😁 We love what is doing. These two drinks feature an awesome trinity of our Rosemary-Grapefruit bitters, Cynar, and Montenegro. Cheers!

1
🥃 The Contortionist’s Negroni
🎵 .conley, “Contortionist”

• ¾ oz Banhez Joven
• ½ oz Lustau Fino Jarana Sherry
• 1 oz Cocchi Americano
• ¾ oz Cynar
• ¼ oz Amaro Montenegro
• 1 dash Crude “Rizzo” bitters
• 3 drops coffee tincture

2
🥃 The Only Way To Say Farewell
🎵 , “Float On”

• 1 ½ oz Ford’s Gin
• ¾ oz Carpano Antica Formula Vermouth
• ½ oz Amaro Montenegro
• ¼ oz Cynar
• 2 dashes Crude “Rizzo” bitters
• garnish: skewered olives

Address

501 East Davie Street
Raleigh, NC
27601

Website

http://www.crudebitters.com/

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