Dashfire Bitters

Minnesota's Dashfire began with bitters in 2013, made by Lee Egbert, with flavors shaped by his travels in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

About Dashfire Bitters

Based in
Minnesota
Founded
2013
Known for
travel-inspired cocktail bitters

Lee Egbert started Dashfire in 2013, and today it is a family business he runs with Dawn Egbert. Lee designs the flavors, drawing on time spent living in China and trips through Asia, Europe and Latin America. The first release was an orange-bourbon bitters aged in a small oak barrel, which local press at the time called the first bitters made in Minnesota.

What started with bitters has expanded into cocktails, spirits and coffees. Dashfire suggests its Vintage Orange bitters, made from fresh orange rind, bourbon and spices and matured in an oak cask, for classics such as Old Fashioneds and Manhattans. Its lemon bitters, sprayed on top of a cocktail, can stand in for a lemon twist.

Dashfire Bitters questions

What are cocktail bitters?

Bitters are a concentrated flavoring made by steeping botanicals, plant parts such as roots, bark, leaves, flowers and fruits, in strong alcohol to make a bitter liquid. Bartenders add them by the drop or dash, and that bitter note balances the sweetness of a drink and gives it a more complex flavor.

What is a micro-distillery?

A distillery makes spirits such as whiskey and rum by distillation: heating a fermented liquid, then collecting and cooling the alcohol-rich vapor so it condenses into a stronger drink. A micro-distillery does this on a small scale. Dashfire began with bitters in 2013 and now works as a Minnesota micro-distillery as well.

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