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THE BITTER HOUSEWIFE

CASE STUDY*

“​​I’ve never had a bitters like this. The floral notes brought by the white pepper combined with the crispness of the lime and the spice of the coriander make me think that this would be excellent with Tequila, or Rhum Agricole."

Amy S., Bitter Housewife Customer

Background

The Bitter Housewife was created for Genevieve Brazelton and her whiskey-drinking friends. They didn't want to be talked down to, and they didn't want to be told what they like isn’t “correct”. Their artisanal bitters and bitters and soda canned drinks embody the great taste, real ingredients, and fun that they craved for alcoholic, low, and no-alcohol beverages. They are bitterly honest.

Challenge
  • Define The Bitter Housewife's audiences

  • Add more humanity and soul to the brand voice and empower the
    owners to embody that voice
    Use vivid language to tell the story of low and no-alcohol drinks and how

  • The Bitter Housewife's products enhances them.

Project Scope
  • Brand Audit

  • Analysis of Direct & Indirect Competitors

  • Brand & Audience Archetypes

  • Brand Voice

  • Messaging Framework

  • Social Media Strategy

  • 90-Day Implementation Plan

What We 🤍'd
  • Brainstorming with the clients about new ways to use their bitters in cocktails, low, and no-alcohol drinks.

  • Putting our Top Chef expertise to develop the messaging framework because we used ALL the flavor-first language!

  • Dan & Genevieve sending me a sourdough starter during the time we were working together

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BRAND ARCHETYPES

THE BITTER HOUSEWIFE ARCHETYPES
  • Companion
  • Maverick
  • Storyteller
  • Shapeshifter
  • Entertainer

AUDIENCE ARCHETYPES

AUDIENCE ARCHETYPES
  • Everyman
  • Explorer
  • Seeker

THE BITTER HOUSEWIFE PERSONA

CHARACTER PROFILE
Our housewife embodies feminine energy but doesn’t subscribe to traditional gender norms. The bitters are her babies and she wants to use them in any way she can, so it doesn’t matter how it plays out (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) . She is a host and entertainer so she is always looking for ways to do something different and show off her babies and share them with others.

She would bring a welcome basket over to the new neighbors, but it would full of bitters, a fresh loaf of sourdough bread, a random Lego from their son (because it just got wrapped up in there), note that has a cheatsheet about the cool things in the neighborhood or the tea about the neighbors with their phone number in case the new neighbors need anything, a subversive cross-stitch with a feminist or quippy saying on it. It’s beautifully wrapped.

 

Friends of The Bitter Housewife:
● Anthony Bourdain
● Julia Child (on speed)

BRAND VOICE

APPROACHABLE

HONEST

FLAVOR-FORWARD

DESCRIPTIVE

PLAYFUL

TAGLINE

Be bitterly honest.

* Note: Some of the brand strategy is proprietary, and is not shared here.

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