Once used for medicinal purposes, today's flavor-packed cocktail bitters are spice-laden, herbal extracts that can transform a drink with a mere drop or two. As the name suggests, the alcoholic ...

Few cocktail ingredients are as essential as Angostura bitters. “Ango,” as the pros call it, is distilled in Trinidad from a unique array of aromatics; it’s bitter, of course, but characterized by ...

Lately, one Angeleno has been telling bartenders to keep adding bitters to her Champagne cocktail “until it’s the color of my prom dress.” That’s way more than a dash or two -- it takes about a ...

Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date.

If you’ve ever added a splash of hot sauce to a sandwich or grain bowl, you understand the basics of cocktail bitters. Sold in small bottles and doled out by the dash, bitters are aromatic extracts ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Bitters photographed in Washington, DC. (Photo by Deb Lindsey For The Washington Post via Getty Images). The use of bitters in classic cocktails dates back decades. Generally, the ...

Since 1824, ANGOSTURA bitters have been an essential and secret ingredient for bartenders and cocktail lovers alike. Poised to transform the bitters category—just as ANGOSTURA aromatic bitters ...