Dr Hostetter's Bitter Liqueur (70cl)

A bitter liqueur whose original formula was created in the first half of the 19th century by Dr Jacob Hostetter. In 1853 his son David commercialised the formula, macerated only in the pure essence of Monongahela Rye, and it went on to sell more than 50,000,000 bottles. During the American Civil War the bitters were rationed to Union soldiers. Today's formulation combines original ingredients with aromatics and botanicals, rose and candied fruit, and the Red Carmine extract of the cochineal cactus beetle.