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

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

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.