Anybody know where I can by a bottle of Angostura Bitters

wishwash · 16-12-2010 11:24pm #1

Anybody know where I can by a bottle of Angostura Bitters in Ireland (Offaly if possible). Maybe around Birr

BeerNut · 20-12-2010 5:17pm

henryporter · 22-12-2010 9:02pm

I think I picked up the last bottle I got in the local SuperValu - not that hard to find really.

Butch Cassidy · 25-12-2010 1:22am

henryporter wrote: »

I think I picked up the last bottle I got in the local SuperValu - not that hard to find really.

Eh it is really hard to find. I've never seen it in any supervalue or any supermarket or any off-licence and I looked long and hard for months and months before finding it in Sainsburys in Newry during the summer.

Having said that, recently my local in Perrystown in Dublin got in a few bottles of it cause some company went to the wall in the UK so his supplier was shifting them.

captain P · 28-12-2010 6:59pm

I picked up a 100ml bottle today for €6.99 in Lilac wines in fairview/marino, Dublin 3 if that's of any use to anyone.

cscook · 28-12-2010 7:02pm

I got mine in that whiskey shop on Dawson Street, can't remember the name right now.

zeetuna · 30-12-2010 9:58pm

After a long search for it............
Bought a bottle of Angostura Bitters today in Bradley's, North Main St, Cork. €15.99

BK92 · 02-01-2011 3:57am

€12.99 for it in Stack's in Listowel

pmcg343 · 02-01-2011 8:52pm

they have it in Redmonds in ranelagh, Jus de vine, Deveneys in Rathmines and dundrum, the celtic whiskey shop and O Donavans........

Butch Cassidy · 06-01-2011 3:33am

zeetuna wrote: »

After a long search for it............
Bought a bottle of Angostura Bitters today in Bradley's, North Main St, Cork. €15.99

BK92 wrote: »

€12.99 for it in Stack's in Listowel

Are ye serious? That much money for one of these wee bottles:

I got one for a fiver in Sainsburys in Newry - about a fiver in pounds I think at a time when that was say €5.50 or whatever.

What are ye using it for out of interest?

pmcg343 · 06-01-2011 11:22am

I use it for a pink gin - a couple of splashes into a Gin and Tonic - and a lemon and lime bitters(almost non alcoholic refreshing drink - lemonade, ice bitters, lemon or lime juice, and a lemon garnish). I read somewhere its great in puddings!

captain P · 07-01-2011 6:10pm

Its good in a Manhattan, and a few dashes in a Mojito too!

BK92 · 08-01-2011 1:38am

Are ye serious? That much money for one of these wee bottles:

Unfortunately, yes.

However now I'm in Paris and it's about €6 -€7

Butch Cassidy · 16-01-2011 1:00am

Bitters used to be like the secret ingredient in a cocktail and back when bartending was a skill a bartender would have a vast array of various bitters. Nowadays you'll be lucky if you find Agonstura on the back wall. I liken it to how a cook would use salt or pepper. It's there to help gel the ingredients together and accentuate flavours. Throw it in to any drink you're making to see how it turns out. You only need a dash or two before shaking or stirring.

Original real Martinis would've had a dash.

Fratton Fred · 17-01-2011 11:38am

Important ingredient in brandy and whiskey sours as well.

I brought a few bottles back from Trinidad a few years ago. Cost me about e1 a bottle!

adam240610 · 10-08-2018 9:43pm

Sorry to bump such an old thread but has anyone had any luck finding these recently?

laros · 10-08-2018 10:25pm

Most decent Off licences will have them... O Briens stock several different types...

L1011 · 10-08-2018 11:13pm

adam240610 wrote: »

Sorry to bump such an old thread but has anyone had any luck finding these recently?

Any proper off-licence. Very big Supervalus (ex Superquinn basically). They aren't even vaguely hard to find compared to, say, Peychauds.

adam240610 · 11-08-2018 12:26pm

L1011 wrote: »

Any proper off-licence. Very big Supervalus (ex Superquinn basically). They aren't even vaguely hard to find compared to, say, Peychauds.

There's an ex superquinn near me so will check in the coming days, thanks!

endacl · 11-08-2018 12:27pm

Lemon lime bitters ftw.

Anybody know where I can by a bottle of Angostura Bitters

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