Fee Brothers, also known as "The House of Fee by the Genesee

Genesee River

The Genesee River is a North American river flowing northward through the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York. The river provided the original power for the Rochester area's 19th century mills and still provides hydroelectric power for downtown Rochester....

 since eighteen hundred and sixty-three", is a four generation old manufacturer of cocktail

Cocktail

A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...

 mixes, bitters

Bitters

A bitters is an alcoholic beverage that is flavored with herbal essences and has a bitter or bittersweet flavor. There are numerous brands of bitters that were formerly marketed as patent medicines but are now considered to be digestifs, rather than medicines...

, flavoring syrups, iced cappuccino

Cappuccino

A cappuccino is an Italian coffee drink prepared with espresso, hot milk, and steamed-milk foam. The name comes from the Capuchin friars, referring to the colour of their habits.- Definition :...

 mix and other beverage ingredients. The company is currently run by Jack Fee and his children Ellen Fee and Joe Fee.

Fee Brothers creates over 100 different products. Many of their products have applications in cooking as well. They make cocktail mixes, syrups, botanical waters, iced cappuccino mix, and bitters.

Bitters are an popular ingredient in cocktails but are gaining popularity in both beverages and cooking. Bitters, likely named due to their concentration of flavoring perceived as bitter when tasted straight, are an essential balancing tool in creation of a beverage. They serve to give beverages depth of flavor and act to balance out other flavors that may be used.

Current Flavors of Bitters

• Aromatic Old Fashioned
• West Indies Orange
• Peach
• Lemon
• Grapefruit
• Mint
• Cherry
• Plum
• Aztec Chocolate
• Rhubarb
• Plum
• Celery
• Black Walnut
• Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters (a limited edition annual casking.)

Rochester, NY, USA. www.FeeBrothers.com

Trivia

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Barack Obama

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's signature drink, the Stone Fence, is made with Applejack

Applejack (beverage)

Applejack is a strong alcoholic beverage produced from apples, popular in the American colonial period.Applejack was historically made by concentrating hard cider, either by the traditional method of freeze distillation or by true evaporative distillation. The term applejack derives from jacking, a...

, Apple Cider

Cider

Cider or cyder is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content from 2% abv to 8.5% abv or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, such as Germany and America, cider may be termed "apple wine"...

, and Fee Brothers Aromatic Bitters

Bitters

A bitters is an alcoholic beverage that is flavored with herbal essences and has a bitter or bittersweet flavor. There are numerous brands of bitters that were formerly marketed as patent medicines but are now considered to be digestifs, rather than medicines...

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