This will be the smallest bottle on your bar and the one you pour the fewest drops from, but you can't make half the world's cocktails without it.
Bitters is a mixer with a varied history.
Bars used to produce their own brands, but now the market is cornered by Angostura's aromatic bitters, still made in Trinidad from a recipe dating back to 1824. True to their name, bitters are bitter. They're so concentrated that a dash or two is all you need to offset the sweetness of any cocktail. Buy the Cocktail book . Send comments to Cocktail .