Recipe

• 50ml sugar syrup

• Sparkling water

• Angostura bitters

Put the syrup in a collins glass, and fill to three quarters full with the sparkling water.  Add some bitters and stir, aiming for a uniform dark orange/pale brown colour.  Keep adding more bitters to taste, then top up with ice.

A little disappointing, though not unpleasant. I think the sugar and fizzy water together were a bit sickly, with not enough to cut through them. My collaborator who suggested this did say that they like a lot of bitters in it, so maybe I underdid it. Next time I'll either use more bitters or some lemon juice, to balance it a bit better.