She pours this love of all things sweet (and sometimes savory) into Bakeable, Taste of Home's baking club. The famous Angostura bitters were created by Dr Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert as a remedy for sea sickness and stomach ailments.

The fragrant citrus and caramelised banana flavours make for a brilliant pairing with dark rum, or for adding a tropical twist to an Old Fashioned.She has been writing about the bar and spirits world for six years and has concocted several of her own bitters batches out of her home.

Bitters are a quintessential ingredient when making a classic cocktail," says Lynn House, Portfolio Mixologist at Heaven Hill Brands. Angostura’s classic aromatic bitters have notes of cinnamon and clove and a more bitter taste overall. S. Until the cocktail renaissance of the early 2000s, there weren’t many bitters available in the U.Seigert’s three sons migrated to Trinidad in the 1870s and his son Don Carlos Siegert established the bitters as an essential ingredient for cocktails and food. eu") To visit our site, you must be of legal drinking and purchasing age within your location of residence. At the same time, bright citrus bitters work their magic in summery drinks like the champagne margarita.