That little bottle of bitters which many consider crucial to cocktail making has been in short supply in recent months due a shortage of bottles. Angostura Bitters are made in Trinidad and the company has been making them for nearly 200 years. (The recipe is a secret) They have found a new bottle supplier so soon enough there will be bottles reaching shelves all over the world.

This news is of course an excuse for me to post a Rachel Maddow clip of cocktail making and then an accompanying interview with company representatives on the recent problems . For the record Rachel can make me a cocktail anytime.