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Pink Gin cocktail
The Pink Gin cocktail is so named due to Angostura Aromatic Bitters giving the main ingredient, gin, a pink tinge. Originally gin at room temperature was...
Alan F Pye
9th February at 01:10
Does anyone know what brand of gin -- pink or otherwise -- was drunk by Royal Navy officers in WWII? I was born in East London in 1942 and would dearly like to know. Thank you!
9th February at 09:54
Hi Alan, the old established gin brands e.g. Gordon's, Tanqueray, Booths, Beefeater, Gilbey's are likely candidates however during wartime the officers probably drank what they could lay their hands on. There wasn't the proliferation of brands there is today.
10th July 2021 at 00:01
Instead of martini or gibson, I usually drink pin gin with a slightly different recipe. My gin is usually in the freezer as well as my martini glasses. Pour angostura bitters over a chilled martini glass. With circular movements, the angostura will paint all the glass. Pour out any bitters that didn't stick to the glass. Fill the glass (now painted in brown) with chilled gin and et voila you'll have your pink gin ready to drink.
26th March 2021 at 23:08
The HK recipe for a pink gin was to swirl several dashes of angostura bitters round a very well chilled coupe glass and pour out any of the bitters that didn’t stick to the inside of the glass. The gin was stirred with lots of ice, until well chilled and somewhat diluted, and then strained into the glass and served with cashew or pistachio nuts.
Alternatively, a chilled, thick glass, tumbler was rinsed with bitters and the stirred and chilled gin was poured complete with ice into the glass.
Alternatively, a chilled, thick glass, tumbler was rinsed with bitters and the stirred and chilled gin was poured complete with ice into the glass.
27th March 2021 at 10:29
Sounds delicious. Many thanks for adding so much to this page.
26th March 2021 at 23:04
I was born and brought up in Hong Kong in the 1960s and, as well as a traditional pink gin being served at the Hong Kong Club and Shek-O Country Club, both gin and tonic and vodka and tonic were offered with your choice of a slice of lemon or lime or a dash of Angostura bitters.