I just finished my first bottle of Peychauds Bitters that I drink with water. It’s the only alcohol I’ve had all year, and I do feel better…
Customers of traveling medicine shows during the 19th Century were often buying highly concentrated distilled spirits containing bitters. These patent medicines, usually sold as miracle elixirs, did actually serve a few medical purposes. A small sampling of bitters could be served as an aperitif to stimulate a person’s appetite, or as a digestif to help settle a heavy meal or alcoholic overindulgence.
