Friday 15 January 2010

end of civilisation

There's an Angostura Bitters shortage, caused by problems at the bottling plant in Trinidad:


For legendary New York barkeep Tracy Westmoreland, owner of the defunct Siberia Bar and The Manhattans in Brooklyn
Tracy is a funny name for a boy, and he doesn't sound like a very good barkeep. Maybe he is legendary at not keeping bars open?
, the loss of any kind of drink ingredient is devastating, but none more so than the beloved bitters.
"I believe it is the end of civilization as we know it if we can't have bitters," he said
He is wrong about this
"It's like when the saber-tooth tiger went extinct
Totally. I hated that
It's a terrible thing. There is no replacement. Trying to replace bitters is like trying to replace mother's milk"
Apparently Nestle are working on it. This is bitter satire

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