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Angostura Ltd

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Status:
Operational

Established:
1947

Owner:
Gruppo Campari

Capacity:
Not supplied

Visitor Policy:
Not generally accessible

Tel:
+1 868 623 1841

Website:
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Address:
Corner Eastern Main Road & Trinity Avenue,
Laventille,
Port of Spain,
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago

The Trinidadian company most famous for producing Angostura Aromatic Bitters is in fact a much bigger producer of rum. When Dr. Sieger, inventor of the bitters, died in 1870, his sons took over the business and moved it from Venezuela to Trinidad in 1875. After the move they started buying bulk rum and blending to their own style; in the 1940s the company began to distil its own rum. Angostura now produces a large range of rums.

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Angostura Aromatic Bitters

The most famous and most used brand of herbal bitters in the world. First created in 1824 by Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert, a German doctor, to treat stomach disorders and...

Angostura 1824

Launched in 2000, this 12 year-old rum is Angostura's flagship rum. 1824 is said to be the year that Dr. Siegert created the herbal and spiced bitters that we know today as...

Angostura 5 Year Old

Originally named ‘Angostura Gold’ and launched in 2002, this five year old rum from Trinidad is blended from light and heavy molasses-based rums.

Legacy by Angostura

Billed as being “the world’s most expensive rum” (US$25,000), Legacy was released in 2012 to celebrate 50 years of Trinidad & Tobago’s independence. A blend of 7 rums, the...

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