
The Lemon-Lime & Bitters Was Born to Please
The spritzy, low-ABV cocktail with roots in the Caribbean is no-nonsense and easy to love.
- story: Brigid Washington
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The spritzy, low-ABV cocktail with roots in the Caribbean is no-nonsense and easy to love.
The oddball formulas don’t add up on paper, but sometimes a cocktail is more than the sum of its parts.
In the 1940s and ’50s, the company’s strategy for selling bitters skewed bizarrely violent and deeply disturbing.
A single ingredient can take Angostura from bold to bolder.
In her spin on an Old-Fashioned Sarah Morrissey opts for the smoky hint of mezcal alongside overproof bourbon.