Lemon, Lime and Bitters

[WOM]

I started drinking this at a party hosted by Trinidadians and now I can't stop drinking it. Lemonade, lime cordial and Angostura bitters. Or simply Sprite and Angostura. I'm hooked.

Anyone have any other good non-alcoholic recipes for me to try?

[San Bernardhinault]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Orange bitters and angostura bitters mashed up with some sugar. Ice. Top up glass with bourbon. Add slice of orange.

[Gangster Octopus]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Very non-alcoholic...

[Heliotrope]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

WOM, do you mean North American lemonade or UK lemonade?

[San Bernardhinault]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Fairly non-alcoholic.

[WOM]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Coffy, I don't think I knew there was a difference. No one in the UK ever offered me lemonade.

[Heliotrope]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Theirs is lemon soda, like 7Up or Sprite.

[WOM]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Ah. I think I'll try it this summer with actual lemonade, lime cordial and bitters. Right now I'm being lazy and using Sprite.

[Gerontophile]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Are the bitters (as in Pink Gin) in or out?

[WOM]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

In or out of what?

[Gerontophile]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

in or out of the drink? With a Pink Gin, people who drink them usually stipulate whether they want the bitters in (left in) or out (swirled round the glass and discarded).

[WOM]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Ah. Angostura bitters come in a bottle, like Worcestershire or Tabasco. I shake enough into the Sprite/lemonade to turn it a darkish pink/light red colour. Half a teaspoon's worth, I'd guess.

[G-Man]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

In the 1980s I used to order a non-alcoholic cocktail called Steelworks. I don't remember what goes in there except Angostura Bitters. It was fantastic. If anyone knows the recipe, please post it.

[My Name Is Ian]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Many years ago (when I was a student), a friend and I got through a whole bottle of Angostura bitters in about two hours because we had no other drink or money. I'm a little more sophisticated than that now, though I wouldn't rule it out if times were tough.

[WOM]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Steel works

2 measures passion-fruit cordial
Splash of Angostura bitters
3 measures chilled soda water
3 measures chilled lemonade
1 passion fruit

Serve in long tumbler over ice. Stir in seeds and flesh from passion fruit immediately before serving.

[G-Man]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Passion fruit? I don't remember passion fruit in it. Sounds nice though. I'll try that one.

[My Name Is Ian]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

I've taken to putting a squirt of lime cordial into more or less everything alcoholic that I drink now.

[Gerontophile]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

ooo you big girls blouse!

Imagine asking for that in a pub in Glasgow:

'Pint of heavy with a dash of lime please'
"Fucccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Off"

They would probably stick an umbrella in it (a real one), or more likely in you.

[My Name Is Ian]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

I'm so southern.

For some reason (and I'm presuming that there's some sort of scientific gubbins going on here), when I added it to vodka and diet coke last night, it made the diet coke go completely flat, more or less immediately.

[Gerontophile]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

No idea. Something to do with the acidity of the lime?

[My Name Is Ian]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

I would hazard a guess at that, yes.

Actually, last night I was largely on the gin, which at least meant that I didn't wake up with a hangover for once this morning.

[Wyatt Earp]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

Sounds nice, WOM, but I can't help feeling it would be improved by a slug of Bombay Sapphire. I'm with the Cyclist on this, I feel.

[My Name Is Ian]

Lemon, Lime and Bitters

*Taps nose*

Hendricks it where it's at.