The very first cocktail is said to have been created by the legendary bartender Jerry Thomas, whose book How To Mix Drinks: Or, The Bon Vivant’s Companion in 1862 defined a cocktail as a drink that contains “spirit, water, sugar and bitters”.
While the exact type of bitters he was referring to is unknown, there is no denying that one of the most popular and traditional of all bitters brands has to be Angostura.
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