Angostura Bitters

***** · Post by ***** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:37 pm

Anybody got a wangdangdoodle of a drink using this old school favorite? I like a couple of splashes into my bourbon and 7-Up. It also makes a Manhattan actually work, but then again my rye of choice is Wild Turkey.

Lifer · Post by **Lifer** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:44 pm

I have a bottle of this in my cabinet and for the life of me cannot think of a single drink to use it for

in fact, i have no idea where it came from.

Perhaps it's been there since the dawn of time :shock:

Lifer · Post by **Lifer** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:45 pm

Oh Christ! Where ARE my manors?

buy me a drink new guy!

And welcome. :D

Post by **Oggar** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:12 pm

Bitters is the good speaker wire of alcohol. You get along just fine without it but once you've had it, it's hard to do with out.

Gin McGuinness · Post by **Gin McGuinness** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:10 pm

Oggar wrote:Bitters is the good speaker wire of alcohol. You get along just fine without it but once you've had it, it's hard to do with out.

I was thinking more on the lines of Tabasco, it has to go on everyone once you've tried it, but I can dig "good speaker wire."

We use it in all kinds of things. Just a dash makes soups, stews, 7UP, Ginger Beer/Ale, G&Ts, lemonade, bourbon & soda, gravies & whatever else you can think of, better.

massivedrunk · Post by **massivedrunk** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:12 pm

Ernest code hemmingway, its a Gin and Tonnix with a few dashes of angostura.

Tipsy McStagger · Post by **Tipsy McStagger** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:59 am

Make yourself an Old Fashioned. Some people put them in their Manhattans.

Or save them for when you have hiccups:

lemon wedge, sugar, bitters, eat, bye-bye hiccups.

Paralepsis · Post by **Paralepsis** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:00 pm

a shot in soda cures hearburn before you can put the glass down

The Lush · Post by **The Lush** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:39 pm

At British Student Unions, a popular drink is the pathetically named 'Long Vodka':

Bitters
Vodka
Lime
Lemonade (7-up or Sprite being acceptable alternatives)

I always used to have one of these on standby if we were drinking cheap tequilla, as I can't bear the fratboy lemon and salt rigmoroll.

Blackneto · Post by **Blackneto** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:14 pm

I throw the bitters in when i'm out of mixers and i'm not drunk enough to drink anything straight.

Quantum Time Theories apply here.

Thu Jones · Post by **Thu Jones** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:01 am

On occasion I like to toss a few splashes of bitters in a scotch & soda.

CannonBall · Post by **CannonBall** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:15 pm

as per this thread, I have recently added these bitters to my manhattans that I love so dearly. I agree with the tobasco statement, I will now put these (it) on my eggs in place of tobasco, wait...did I miss something?

That said are (is) bitters singular? I don't get it. Thank you all!
-Nate

Tipsy McStagger · Post by **Tipsy McStagger** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:46 am

CannonBall wrote:as per this thread, I have recently added these bitters to my manhattans that I love so dearly. I agree with the tobasco statement, I will now put these (it) on my eggs in place of tobasco, wait...did I miss something?

That said are (is) bitters singular? I don't get it. Thank you all!
-Nate

Bitters cannot be singular since we are talking about more than one of the substance in question. Ergo, plural.

Spicy McSangre Jig · Post by **Spicy McSangre Jig** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:06 pm

Gin McGuinness wrote:
Oggar wrote:Bitters is the good speaker wire of alcohol. You get along just fine without it but once you've had it, it's hard to do with out.
I was thinking more on the lines of <b>Tabasco, it has to go on everyone once you've tried it</b>, but I can dig "good speaker wire."

We use it in all kinds of things. Just a dash makes soups, stews, 7UP, Ginger Beer/Ale, G&Ts, lemonade, bourbon & soda, gravies & whatever else you can think of, better.

Tobasco has to go on everyone?! Thanks, but no thanks, doll. That could really sting some of the more sensitive bits and pieces!

***** · Post by ***** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:28 pm

Lifer--You're on. Come to Hollywood and I'll get you ripped at my favorite Skid Row bar. They may even take your worthless Canadian money for the cab ride home, but let's not push it.

Sangre--Actually, a bj from someone that just ate a couple of jalapenos or some hot sauce is pretty darn tinglely in a good way. Well, at least it was for me. But keep it away from your peehole. :oops:

Gah, I just used an emoticon. I promised myself I wouldn't ever do that. Time for a drink to erase that memory...

Angostura Bitters

Angostura Bitters

Thanks for the ideas