Angostura Bitters cocktails
A few dashes of Angostura bitters can define an entire drink — lending warm spice and depth to cornerstones like the Old Fashioned and Manhattan, or taking center stage in the audacious Trinidad Sour.
7 classic recipes from our canon that use angostura bitters — Angostura Bitters sits in our bitters shelf.
Old Fashioned
Spirit, sugar, bitters — the original cocktail, distilled to its essentials.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml bourbon
- ◆10 ml simple syrup
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
Manhattan
Rye and sweet vermouth, stirred down cold — elegant, spirit-forward, classic.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml rye whiskey
- ◆20 ml sweet vermouth
- ◆1 dash angostura bitters
Pisco Sour
Pisco, lime and a silky egg-white cap finished with bitters — South America's signature sour.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml pisco
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
- ◆20 ml simple syrup
- ◆1 egg white
- ◆3 drops angostura bitters
Old Cuban
A grown-up mojito — aged rum, mint and lime lengthened with Champagne and bitters.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml dark rum
- ◆22 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml simple syrup
- ◆6 leaves mint
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
- ◆60 ml prosecco
Trinidad Sour
An upside-down sour built on a full pour of Angostura, softened by orgeat and rye.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml angostura bitters
- ◆30 ml orgeat
- ◆22 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml rye whiskey
Champagne Cocktail
A bitters-soaked sugar cube drowned in Champagne with a cognac lift — old-world celebration.
Ingredients
- ◆5 ml simple syrup
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
- ◆10 ml cognac
- ◆to top champagne
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