Evoking the swanky elegance of New Orleans at its peak of midcentury mania for all things big, bold, and decadent, Honest John Bananas Foster Bitters are compatible with a myriad of cocktail and cookery applications. The origin story goes something like this: One night in 1951, at Brennan’s original Vieux Carré restaurant, owner Owen Brennan asked his sister Ella to come up with a new dessert to commemorate his friend Richard Foster’s appointment as chairman of the New Orleans Crime Commission. Challenge accepted, Ella and Chef Paul Blangé whipped up the rich, sinful pièce de résistance as a refined interpretation of her mother’s celebratory breakfast treat of caramelized bananas, and took the entire glamorous spectacle up several notches with warm spices and a heavy pour of rum, flambéed tableside. Honest John Bananas Foster Bitters are our ode to Ella Brennan and seekers of culinarily inspired fuel for creative fires of all sorts. Using all-natural ingredients such as real banana and vanilla bean, these decadent bitters are a well-balanced and transcendent addition to standards like a Whiskey Sour or Rum Runner, and perfectly suited for tiki tipples of endless variety. Flambé for full effect optional, but enthusiastically encouraged.

Made With Organic Herbs & Spices Sourced From Our Home—The Mountain West

Suggested Cocktail

Simply marvelous as an addition to a classic café au lait or in buttery baked goods like shortbread, our limited-edition Honest John Bananas Foster Bitters are fully fabulous in fruit-forward and frothy tiki drinks. And absolutely bananas (ahem) in an original cocktail creation from our home bar {the rest}, the Slow and Steady. 

Slow and Steady

1.5 oz White Rum

0.25 oz Amaretto

0.25 oz Frangelico 

1 oz Pineapple 

0.5 oz Lime

1 dash Cinnamon 

0.5 oz Dulce de Leche

3 dashes Honest John Bananas Foster Bitters

Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin with ice. Shake until tin is frosty. Strain into a tulip glass. Fill glass with crushed ice. Garnish with a sprig of mint and slice of dehydrated pineapple.