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Angostura bitters

recipe

Royal Gift

Basil-infused gin forms the base of this sour-style cocktail.

  • story: Tatiana Bautista
  • photo: Angie Webb
recipe

Future Water

A Dubonnet-based spritz from Atlanta's Ticonderoga Club.

  • story: Tatiana Bautista
  • photo: Angie Webb
Cocktails

Seriously, What’s Up With Angostura’s Midcentury Ads?

In the 1940s and ’50s, the company’s strategy for selling bitters skewed bizarrely violent and deeply disturbing.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • illustrations: Via Reid Mirenbuler
Cocktails

Vango Is the New Ango

A single ingredient can take Angostura from bold to bolder.

  • story: Kara Newman
  • photo: Shannon Sturgis
Cocktails

The Drinks That Broke Bitters

Fifteen dashes of Angostura was just the beginning. How a team of rogue bartenders made jiggering bitters the norm.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Alexa Bendek
recipe

Deacon Blues

In her spin on an Old-Fashioned Sarah Morrissey opts for the smoky hint of mezcal alongside overproof bourbon as the base.

  • story: Frances Yackel
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
recipe

Campo Cooler

Infuse your Angostura with raisins for a fruity-dry richness.

  • story: Tatiana Bautista
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
recipe

The Mutineer

A bitter, caffeine-infused take on the Old Fashioned.

  • story: Tatiana Bautista
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
recipe

The Vacation

A rum-forward tiki drink, amplified by vanilla-infused Ango.

  • story: Tatiana Bautista
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
recipe

Angostura Colada

Based on the structure of a traditional Piña Colada (rum, pineapple and coconut), Zac Overman's riff on the Piña Colada replaces most of the rum with spicy Angostura bitters.

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • photo: Daniel Krieger
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