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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...
Paloma Difford
9th February 2025 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.
9th February 2025 at 18:35
Indeed. Thank you Paloma. Pretty much what I was thinking, except I'd forgotten about Booth's. I'll do a retro tour in memory. No ice. 🙂 Thanks again.