Pink gin
| Cocktail | |
|---|---|
Pink Gin | |
| Type | Cocktail |
| Base spirit | |
| Served |
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| Standard garnish | lemon |
| Standard drinkware | Cocktail glass |
| Commonly used ingredients |
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| Preparation | Chill the glass, then coat the inside with the Bitters. Add the gin very well chilled, garnish and serve. |
| Notes | The traditional garnish is a shave of lemon rind. You can obtain this by removing about an inch strip of lemon rind with a potato peeler. |
Pink gin was historically used to refer to a cocktail made fashionable in England in the mid-19th century, consisting of Plymouth gin and a dash of Angostura bitters, a dark red bitters that makes the whole drink pinkish. In recent years, the term Pink gin has also been used to define a specific category of gin where a range of fruits and flavourings are infused into the gin to give it a pink color.
Lemon rind is also commonly used as a garnish, with the citrus essential oils subtly complementing the flavour.