A bottle of Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Angostura bitters, often simply referred to as angostura, is a concentrated bitters for food and beverage made of herbs and spices. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1728x2304, 1612 KB) Other versions Originally from en. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1728x2304, 1612 KB) Other versions Originally from en. ... The name Angostura may refer to Angostura bitters and the associated company Angostura Ltd. ... A Bitters is a preparation of herbs and citrus dissolved in alcohol or glycerine with a bitter or bittersweet flavor. ...

The recipe was developed in 1824 by German Dr. Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert, a Surgeon General in Simon Bolivar's army in Venezuela. He was based in Ciudad Bolívar which was then known as Angostura. 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830) was a South American revolutionary leader. ... Ciudad Bolívar is the capital of the eastern Venezuelan state of Bolívar. ...

Today, Angostura bitters are produced by various vendors, some of which add the bark of the angostura tree (cusparia febrifuga), possibly merely to make it legal to put the word "angostura" on the label, which is a registered trademark of House of Angostura. For other meanings of bark, see Bark (disambiguation). ... A trademark, trade mark, ™ or ®[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by an organization to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the organization and its products or services from those of other organizations. ... A bottle of Angostura Aromatic Bitters The House of Angostura (also known as Angostura Limited) is a Trinidad and Tobago company famous for the production of angostura bitters, invented by the companys founder. ...

As Angostura bitters are extremely concentrated, they are never drunk purely, but used to flavour drinks and food; usually only a few drops or splashes are used.

Angostura bitters are a key ingredient in many cocktails. Originally used to mask the flavour of quinine in tonic water along with gin, the mix stuck in the form of a Pink Gin, and is also used in many other alcoholic cocktails such as "Long Vodka", consisting of vodka, Angostura bitter, and lemonade. In scuba diving, the word cocktail also means a hazard with diving with some rebreathers: it means a caustic solution resulting from water reaching and dissolving the absorbent. ... Quinine is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic, anti-malarial with analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. ... The Canada Dry brand of tonic water, shown on the right under ultraviolet light. ... This article concerns the beverage. ... Pink Gin is a cocktail made fashionable in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, consisting of jenever and a dash of pink (Angostura bitters, a dark red extract of gentian and spices, known from the 1820s at Angostura in Venezuela but now made in Trinidad and Tobago). ... In scuba diving, the word cocktail also means a hazard with diving with some rebreathers: it means a caustic solution resulting from water reaching and dissolving the absorbent. ... Vodka bottling machine, Shatskaya Vodka Shatsk, Russia Vodka is typically a colorless liquor, usually distilled from fermented grain. ... A glass of American lemonade with ice cubes Lemonade is a soft drink that is made with lemons. ...

See also

• House of Angostura^®