Open Thread

Trinidad’s House of Angostura has blamed a shortage in ingredients and a financial restructuring. The firm is owned by CL Financial, a Caribbean conglomerate hit by a liquidity crisis, prompting an emergency bailout earlier this year by the government of Trinidad and Tobago.

Patrick Sepe, chief executive of the US distributor, Angostura USA, said the production line ran dry in June and was only just getting back on track. “There has been a shortage,” said Sepe. “You can’t just turn on and off supply of bitters. It’s not like producing bottled water – it’s a very delicate, intricate process.”

Invented in 1824, angostura was named after a town in Venezuela where a German doctor, Johann Siegert, came up with the recipe as a stomach tonic to ease tropical ailments among soldiers.

DH, I don’t know if you ever watch Modern Marvels on The History Channel, but I saw one on distilleries over the weekend that was very cool. Beefeater, Jack D, Maker’s Mark, Laphroaig, the best tequilas, though why they chose Skyy vodka I don’t know. Interspersed with a guy mixing some of the world’s best cocktails. Very cool.

where is Last Exit? what subway stop is it near?

*rob*

lol cgar !

“Where’s my OF, DH? I think my Valium was stolen by the cat”

there’s a national shortage of angostura bitters!! there was an article about it last week – i promptly ran to the grocery store and started hoarding bottles like the flood was coming!!