Pink Gin
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| Pink Gin | |
| Type: | Cocktail |
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| Served: | "Straight up"; without ice |
| Standard garnish: | lemon |
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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 is a cocktail made fashionable in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, consisting of jenever and a dash of 'pink' (Angostura bitters, a dark red extract of gentian and spices, known from the 1820s at Angostura in Venezuela but now made in Trinidad and Tobago).
Pink gin is a typically English way of enjoying gin. It was made popular worldwide by members of the Royal Navy, where it rose to prominence because the Angostura bitters were a cure for seasickness.
Imports to Australia of pre-mixed pink gin has soared in past decades due to the overwhelming demand of fine spirits.
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