Ingredient
Angostura Bitters
Angostura bitters (English: /æŋɡəˈstjʊərə/) is a concentrated bitters, or botanically infused alcoholic mixture, made of water, 44.7% ethanol, gentian, herbs and spices by House of Angostura in Trinidad and Tobago. It is typically used for flavouring beverages or (less often) food. The bitters were first produced in the town of Angostura (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela) (hence the name), but do not contain angostura bark. The bottle is easily recognisable by its distinctive oversized label.
The recipe was developed as a tonic by a German, Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert (1796–1870), surgeon...
Cocktails with Angostura Bitters
Abbey Martini
Put all ingredients into a shaker and mix, then strain contents into a chilled cocktail glass.
Brooklyn
Combine ingredients with ice and stir until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Cocktail Horse’s Neck
Wash and brush an organic, untreated lemon, then cut a spiral of lemon peel, using a citrus peel. If it is too large, cut it with a sharp knife. Put some ice in a tall tumbler glass, place the lemon peel inside and pour the cognac, add the ginger beer and let 2-3 drops of Angostura fall into it. Easy to do, but once you try it you'll love it.
Corn n Oil
Cut the half lime in half again. Add the lime, falernum, and bitters to a rocks glass. Muddle. Add the rum. (Aged Barbados rum such as Plantation 5 Year is recommended). Add ice and stir. Float the blackstrap rum on top. Serve with a straw.
Duchamp's Punch
Shake all ingredients. Double strain in a chilled double old fashioned glass with abig ice cube. Garnish with a couple of lavender sprigs
Figgy Thyme
In a lewis bag, crush up some ice like a baller/maniac (@glacioice). Pour your precious ice into a collins glass. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the figs and thyme together. Add honey vodka, lemon juice, and a large ice cube (@glacioice). Shake until well chilled, and strain into glass. Add tonic water and finally 2 dashes of angostura bitters. Garnish with sliced figs and thyme.
Long vodka
Shake a tall glass with ice cubes and Angostura, coating the inside of the glass. Por the vodka onto this, add 1 slice of lime and squeeze juice out of remainder, mix with tonic, stir and voila you have a Long Vodka
Manhattan
Stirred over ice, strained into a chilled glass, garnished, and served up.
Martinez 2
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir until chilled, and strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Mojito Extra
Put mint with lemon juice in a glas, mash the mint with a spoon, ice, rum & fill up with club soda. Top it with Angostura.
Old Cuban
Shake a handful of mint, 2oz white rum, 1oz of sugar syrup, 1oz lime juice and 2 dashes angostura bitters with ice. Double strain into a glass and top with 2oz of prosecco.
Old Fashioned
Place sugar cube in old fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, add a dash of plain water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add whiskey. Garnish with orange twist, and a cocktail cherry.
Planter’s Punch
Squeeze an orange and strain the juice. Put all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake for at least 12 seconds. Strain into a highball glass and decorate with a pineapple wedge or fruit of your choice.
Snowday
Stir all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled rocks glass over fresh ice. Express orange peel over drink and garnish.
Zombie
Blend at high speed for no more than 5 seconds. Pour into a glass, add ice cubes to fill, then add the garnish. *Donn’s mix: Bring 3 crushed cinnamon sticks, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Simmer for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat and let sit for at least 2 hours before straining into a clean glass bottle. Then add 1 part of the syrup and 2 parts of fresh grapefruit juice together.