Heavy on nutmeg and cinnamon with a strong clovey note, this aromatic bitters was reconstructed from gas chromatography analysis of an original, sealed bottle from the 1920s, aiming to recapture a flavor that vanished from the market decades ago.
C.W. Abbott and Co. was founded in Baltimore in 1865 and by the early twentieth century had become one of the three biggest selling bitters brands in America, alongside Angostura and Peychaud's, and is widely credited as the bitters called for in the original Manhattan cocktail recipe.
