Angostura bitters

Deacon Blues

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

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.

Created and Forgotten at Sea: Pink Gin

Perhaps not as sophisticated as the Martini or as sexy as the Negroni, the Pink Gin has fallen from most gin drinkers' radars. Brad Thomas Parsons muses on the obscure…

• story: Brad Thomas Parsons
• photo: Daniel Krieger

Pink Gin

Just two ingredients: gin and bitters. Anything but demure, the Pink Gin was a favorite of the Royal Navy in the nineteenth century, as bitters worked its magic curing everything…