A bitters is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter for a bitter or bittersweet flavor. Originally, numerous longstanding brands of bitters were developed as patent medi
An old bottle of "Kuyavian Stomach Essence", bitters from Posen, Germany (now Poznań, in Poland)
This 1883 advertisement promised help with a variety of ailments.
A bottle of Angostura aromatic bitters with its distinctive, over-sized label
A whiskey sour, served in a coupe glass, is garnished with drops of Peychaud's Bitters swirled into the foam (from egg white) atop the drink.
Peychaud's bitters is a bitters distributed by the American Sazerac Company. It was created between 1849 and 1857 by Antoine Amédée Peychaud, a Creole apothecary from the French colony of Saint-Doming
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…Siegert subsequently formed the House of Angostura to sell the bitters to sailors. Another renowned aromatic bitters with nineteenth-century roots is Peychaud's Bitters, originally developed by apothecary Antoine Amédée Peychaud in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is most commonly associated with the Sazerac cocktail. A…