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ANGOSTURA BITTERS IN WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE COCKTAIL

Port of Spain, Trinidad. 11 th October, 2012. World-renowned bartender Salvatore Calabrese, has broken the Guinness World Record for producing the most expensive cocktail with a

Cognac-based drink, priced at 5,500 pounds sterling a glass. Product from a 1900 bottle of

Angostura aromatic bitters, was used in the creation. Trinidadians should be proud.

“Salvatore’s Legacy”, was concocted by Calabrese in front of an audience of London’s top bartenders at The Playboy Club in Mayfair yesterday. It is also the world’s oldest cocktail, containing a liqueur from 1770 and Cognac from 1788, around the time of the American

Revolution and Captain Cook’s claiming of Australia.

The cocktail, composed of 40ml of 1788 Clos de Griffier Vieux Cognac, 20ml of 1770 Kummel

Liqueur, 20ml of 1860 Dubb Orange Curaçao and two dashes of Angostura Bitters from the

1900s, was bought by a friend and long term client of Calabrese. The successful attempt, to coincide with London Cocktail Week, was overseen by a Guinness World Records adjudicator.

The previous record for the world’s most expensive cocktail was held by The Skyview Bar at the

Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai, with a £3,766.52 a glass tipple.

Calabrese, who has previously worked at Dukes Hotel in St James’s and The Lanesborough in

Knightsbridge, is a vintage Cognac specialist. He has built a collection of fine and rare Cognacs worth over £1 million, dating back to the late

18 th century, many of which are displayed behind glass at Salvatore’s Bar at The Playboy Club.

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For more information: Giselle Laronde-West – [email protected]