Glossary

Bitters refers to spirits that have been flavoured with herbs or bitter roots. Angostura Bitters is based on rum with an infusion of gentian (a flowering Alpine plant) root and herbs. Angostura is named after a town in Venezuela but nowadays is made mainly in Trinidad. Angostura is the most widely used of the bitters and is used in a variety of cocktails including an Americano (Angostura Bitters, Campari, sweet red vermouth and soda) and a Pink Gin (Angostura Bitters and gin).