Pink Gin
INGREDIENTS
- 4 to 5 dashes Angostura or Peychaud's bitters
- 2½ oz chilled gin
- Garnish: Lemon twist
INSTRUCTIONS
Pour the bitters into a chilled sherry or cocktail glass, and swirl to coat the glass. Discard the excess. Pour in the gin. Garnish with the lemon twist.
VARIATION: For a Gin and Pink, add 5 oz tonic water and serve over ice in a highball glass, with a lemon twist.
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NOTES
A classic cocktail "remedy" from the early days of the British Empire in India, popular with the British officers for its purported ability to soothe the stomach. Often referred to as Gin and Bitters, and similar to a Gin Cocktail with orange bitters, this was a favorite of writer Ian Fleming, of James Bond fame. The classic method is to rinse a sherry glass with the bitters first, and then to add the chilled gin. It is traditionally served with a glass of water on the side.
