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unusual facts about bitters



Angostura trifoliata

Its bark is commonly misconstrued as being used in Angostura brand bitters which is named after the town in Venezuela.

Arcen

Outside the centre are the Hertog Jan beer brewery and the 'De IJsvogel' distillery, which is located in a historic water mill and produces jenever (gin) and bitters and liquors.

BESK

Bäsk is also the name of a traditional bitters made from distilled alcohol seasoned with the herb Artemisia absinthium L.

Lucille Bliss

A New York City native, she lent her voice to numerous television characters, including the title character of the very first made-for-television cartoon, Crusader Rabbit, Smurfette on the popular 1980s cartoon The Smurfs and Ms. Bitters on the Nickelodeon animated series Invader ZIM.

Triple fff Brewery

The Triple fff Brewing Company Ltd is a small independent brewer of real ale based in Four Marks, Alton, Hampshire, England, founded in November 1997, and producing award-winning bitters, milds and stouts.

Zanthoxylum americanum

In 2012, a Pennsylvania distillery introduced a bitters called Bartram's Bitters that uses prickly ash bark as one of several botanical ingredients.


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