JavaScript is not enabled!
For information on how to enable Javascript on your browser click here.

Pink Gin & Tonic

Name: Pink Gin and Tonic
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Gin; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 120 ml Aromatic tonic water

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (22)

Measurements in:

Serves:

Keep screen awake

Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
4 fl oz	Aromatic tonic water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime slice wheel.

Method

POUR gin and bitters into ice-filled glass.
TOP with tonic water and briefly stir.

Garnish

Lime slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Pink Gin & Tonic contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
9.59% alc./vol. (19.17° proof)
16.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

When I sampled my first Pink Gin, made with generous dashes of bitters I found this classic tough to appreciate, so in 2002, I added another medicinal ingredient - tonic water, also containing quinine from cinchona bark. Or, looking at this another way, I simply added dashes of bitters to a G&T.

I'm sure I wasn't the first to add Angostura Bitters to a G&T but I've not found an earlier reference to a "Pink Gin & Tonic". Others soon cottoned on and the gin graze, soda boom, and ready-to-drink market have combined to produce a plethora of pre-mixed Pink G&Ts as well as tonic waters specifically designed for such a serve. Hence, in 2021, I swapped out classic 'Indian' tonic water in this recipe for an aromatic tonic while also reducing the bitters dose accordingly.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Basically a G&T with an extra pop of flavour, this has a broader appeal than the original Pink Gin.

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 15 cocktails
$33.99 $2.27 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$2.31 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 15 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.

Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.

Comments & Discussion

Please log in to make a comment

Stephen Broughall Premium Member 1y

Very nice change to a standard G&T. Wondering if perhaps more than one dash angostura bitters is called for?

Annabelle Egginton 4y

I’ve been making this for years even before I saw it here on Diffords guide. It’s a good long drink for those who like that extra bitterness.

Garret Brough 4y

This is easily one of my favourites styles of a gin and tonic, usually the colder it gets outside the more I favour it.

Adam . 6y

This is how I've long preferred to make my gin and tonics---turns out I'm not the only one who has thought of it!

View 4 comments and discussion

See more...