We are raising a glass to the strong women behind the bar this month, for serving creativity and flair with every cocktail!

It is an incredible sight to watch a master of their craft at work – and mixologists are no different. The deft preciseness of every movement as individual ingredients become one in a harmony of flavour. But even bartenders deserve to take a break and have a drink, so we are taking an inside look into a few of our favourite female bartenders in the game’s favourite cocktails!

Charne van Heerden from House of Machines keeps it classic with an Old Fashioned – you can never go wrong!

Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

• 60ml bourbon
• 7ml simple syrup
• 2 dashes ANGOSTURA® aromatic bitters
• 1 dash ANGOSTURA® orange bitters
• Splash of water
• Orange peel to garnish

Method:

Build in a rocks glass, stir with ice to incorporate ingredients. Add ice. Garnish with a long orange peel.

Cassandra Eichhoff from EBS goes for something a little different with her top pick – a Cuba Libre with a special twist, as mixed by fellow bartender George Hunter from Copper Monkey.

Cuba Libre

Ingredients:

• 60ml spiced rum
• 120ml coca cola
• 15ml fresh lime juice
• 4 dashes ANGOSTURA® bitters
• Lime wheel
• ANGOSTURA® bitters flavoured
• ice cubes*

Method:

Add the lime juice to a collins or highball glass. Add in the ice cubes and rum. Top up with coca cola and stir gently. Finally, garnish with a lime wheel. It’s simple but it goes a long way!

* The trick to this drink are the ice cubes - use a smaller ice cube tray with filtered water and 5ml of ANGOSTURA® per cube - this way you can use more ice in a drink and allow the cubes to gently dilute into the drink without overpowering the rum.

So, try your hand at one (or both) of these delicious cocktails and join us in raising a toast to all the incredible women behind the bar! Cheers!

For more information on the Angostura range and delicious food and cocktail recipes, please visit www.angosturabitters.com.

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About ANGOSTURA® bitters
The proud history of the House of ANGOSTURA® began almost two hundred years ago in 1824, when founder Dr. Johann Siegert first produced aromatic bitters in the city of Angostura in Venezuela. Recognised over the centuries by the granting of Royal Warrants of Appointment to the royal households of Great Britain, Prussia, Spain and Sweden, ANGOSTURA® aromatic bitters is the world’s market leader, an essential ingredient in premium cocktails, and a mainstay of cocktail culture. ANGOSTURA® orange bitters was launched in 2007 and is made from its own special recipe, with a complex blend of tropical oranges and spices. ANGOSTURA® cocoa bitters uses the world’s finest Trinitario cocoa from Trinidad and Tobago creating a sensory fusion that, after years of nurturing, brings superior flavour to the hands of bartenders, chefs and at-home connoisseurs.

The House of ANGOSTURA® also produces an international range of rums with five distinctive blends: Angostura 1824®, Angostura 1919®, Angostura® 7-Year-Old, Angostura® 5-Year-Old and Angostura® Reserva. The newest product in the portfolio is the multi award-winning Amaro di ANGOSTURA® - a blend of their finest bitters and rums, leveraging their unsurpassed heritage.