King Floyd's - Abbott’s Aromatic Bitters

Abbott's Aromatic Bitters represents over seven years of specialized research focusing on one of the most popular cocktail bitters in the world. Dozens of vintage Abbott's Bitters bottles were assembled from the pertinent eras which defined Abbott's history: pre-US Prohibition, Prohibition, and post-Prohibition. Special efforts were made to obtain bottles still containing the original bitters liquid. Labels and bottle glass manufacturing styles were studied to correctly date the bottles. Historic legal documents, US census records, newspaper articles, city business directories, business correspondence and advertising material were collected and studied, to try to piece together the birth, rise and eventual disappearance of C.