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{{short description|Cocktail of Plymouth gin and bitters}} |
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{{Infobox cocktail |
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| name = Pink |
| name = Pink gin |
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| alt = Pink Gin |
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| image = Pink_Gin.jpeg |
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| caption = Pink Gin |
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| type = cocktail |
| type = cocktail |
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| gin = yes |
| gin = yes |
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| served = straight |
| served = *straight up |
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*on the rocks |
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| garnish = [[lemon]] |
| garnish = [[lemon]] |
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| drinkware = cocktail |
| drinkware = cocktail |
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| ingredients = *One part [[Plymouth gin]] |
| ingredients = *One part [[Plymouth gin]] |
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*One Part [[Water]] |
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*Dash of [[Angostura Bitters]] (adjust to taste) |
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| prep = Chill the glass, then coat the inside with the Bitters. Add the gin very well chilled, garnish and serve. |
| prep = Chill the glass, then coat the inside with the Bitters. Add the gin very well chilled, garnish and serve. |
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| notes = The traditional garnish is a shave of lemon rind. You can obtain this by removing about an inch strip of lemon rind with a potato peeler. |
| notes = The traditional garnish is a shave of lemon rind. You can obtain this by removing about an inch strip of lemon rind with a potato peeler. |
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'''Pink |
'''Pink gin''' was historically used to refer to a [[cocktail]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gincompanion.com/cocktails/pink-gin/| title=Plymouth Pink Gin Cocktail Recipe}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> made fashionable in England in the mid-19th century, consisting of [[Plymouth gin]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cocktails.in.th/gin-cocktails-recipes-2.html| title=Gin cocktail recipes II| access-date=2010-06-14 }}</ref> and a dash of [[Angostura bitters]], a dark red bitters that makes the whole drink pinkish. In recent years, the term Pink gin has also been used to define a specific category of [[gin]] where a range of fruits and flavourings are infused into the gin to give it a pink color.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2023 |title=20 Best Pink Gins To Buy Right Now |url=https://www.delish.com/uk/cocktails-drinks/g34382959/best-pink-gins/ |access-date= |website=Delish}}</ref> |
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[[Lemon]] rind is also commonly used as a garnish, with the citrus [[essential oils]] subtly complementing the flavour. |
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== Origins == |
== Origins == |
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Pink gin is widely thought to have been created by members of the [[Royal Navy]]. Plymouth gin is a 'sweet' gin, as opposed to London gin which is 'dry', and was added to [[Angostura bitters]] to make the consumption of Angostura bitters more enjoyable<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greatcocktails.co.uk/PinkGin.html| title=Great Cocktails: Pink Gin| |
Pink gin is widely thought to have been created by members of the [[Royal Navy]]. Plymouth gin is a 'sweet' gin, as opposed to London gin which is 'dry', and was added to [[Angostura bitters]] to make the consumption of Angostura bitters more enjoyable<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greatcocktails.co.uk/PinkGin.html| title=Great Cocktails: Pink Gin| access-date=2007-04-29 }}</ref> as they were used as a treatment for sea sickness in 1824 by Dr. Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.angosturabitters.com/history.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060411161348/http://www.angosturabitters.com/history.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=2006-04-11| title=Angostura Bitters| access-date=2007-04-29}}</ref> |
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The [[Royal Navy]] then brought the idea for the drink to bars in England,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://basicjuice.blogs.com/basicjuice/2006/04/steal_this_arti_1.html| title=Bitters in the bar| access-date=2007-04-29 }}</ref> where this method of serving was first noted on the mainland. By the 1870s, gin was becoming increasingly popular and many of the finer establishments in England were serving pink gins.{{cn|date=November 2022}} |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2451386| title=The History of Gin| publisher=The BBC| accessdate=2007-04-29 }}</ref> |
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== Variations == |
== Variations == |
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A bartender may ask customers whether they want it "in or out", upon which the bartender swirls the angostura bitters around the glass before either leaving it in, or pouring it out (leaving only a residue), and then adding the gin. |
A bartender may ask customers whether they want it "in or out", upon which the bartender swirls the angostura bitters around the glass before either leaving it in, or pouring it out (leaving only a residue), and then adding the gin. |
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It is also common for pink gin to be served as 'pink gin and tonic', typically consisting of 4 dashes of angostura bitters and 2 shots of [[gin]], which is then topped up with [[tonic water]]. This is served in a [[highball glass]] over ice, and then can be garnished with [[lemon]].<ref>{{cite web | url= |
It is also common for pink gin to be served as 'pink gin and tonic', typically consisting of 4 dashes of angostura bitters and 2 shots of [[gin]], which is then topped up with [[tonic water]]. This is served in a [[highball glass]] over ice, and then can be garnished with [[lemon]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.in-the-spirit.co.uk/cocktails/view_cocktail.php?id=209| title=Pink Gin and Tonic| publisher=In The Spirit| access-date=2007-04-29| archive-date=2007-09-29| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929031732/http://www.in-the-spirit.co.uk/cocktails/view_cocktail.php?id=209| url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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http://www.in-the-spirit.co.uk/cocktails/view_cocktail.php?id=209| title=Pink Gin and Tonic| publisher=In The Spirit| accessdate=2007-04-29 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | [[Cedric Charles Dickens]] (great-grandson of [[Charles Dickens]]) records in ''Drinking With Dickens'' that a 'Burnt Pink Gin' consists of 1 tsp Angostura |
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==In popular culture== |
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*In his 1930 book, ''The Gentleman in the Parlour,'' [[W. Somerset Maugham|Somerset Maugham's]] is repeatedly drinking "gin and bitters", seemingly the most favoured alternative to Gin and Tonic in Britain's Asian colonies at that time.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59531258|title=The gentleman in the parlour|last=1874-1965.|first=Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset),|date=2001|publisher=Vintage|isbn=0099286777|location=London|oclc=59531258}}</ref> |
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*Cathy Wilson ([[Deborah Kerr]]) asks her husband ([[Robert Donat]]) to get her a pink gin in the pub in the 1945 movie ''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]''. |
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*The drink is repeatedly ordered in [[Patrick Hamilton (writer)|Patrick Hamilton's]] 1947 novel ''[[The Slaves of Solitude]]''.<ref>Hamilton, Patrick. “The Slaves of Solitude.” New York Review of Books. 2007. Print. pg. 89</ref> |
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*Pink gin is a popular drink in [[Graham Greene]]'s ''[[The Heart of the Matter]]'' (1948) and in ''[[The Comedians (novel)|The Comedians]]'' (1966). |
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*In the 1953 film adaptation of Nicholas Monsarrat's book, ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'', Lockhart ([[Donald Sinden]]) meets Ericson ([[Jack Hawkins]]) at a London hotel where they both drink pink gin. In a somewhat rewritten scene in the BBC Radio 4 Extra adaptation of 2013, the pair drink gin and tonic. |
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*In the 1957 [[Nevil Shute]] novel, ''[[On the Beach (novel)|On the Beach]]'', several of the main characters drink pink gin. |
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*Pink gin is ordered by David Tomlinson in ''[[Up the Creek (1958 film)|Up the Creek]]'' (1958). |
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*In the 1960 movie, ''[[A Touch of Larceny]]'', Virginia Killain ([[Vera Miles]]) offers Commander Max Easton ([[James Mason]]) a pink gin when he goes up to her apartment to return her glove. |
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*Pink gin was drunk by Hattie ([[Jean Simmons]]) in ''[[The Grass Is Greener]]'' (1960). She liked her bitters to be burnt with a match prior to adding the gin. |
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*In the 1965 [[James Bond]] novel ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (novel)|The Man With the Golden Gun]]'', Bond orders a pink gin with Beefeater and "plenty of bitters" in the bar of the Thunderbird Hotel in Jamaica, which is operated by his nemesis [[Francisco Scaramanga]]. |
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*Pink gin is ordered by Capt. Peacock in S08 Ep06 of the 1970s British comedy "[[Are You Being Served?]]" |
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*Pink gin is mentioned in the song "Alcohol" by ''[[The Kinks]]'' on their 1971 album ''[[Muswell Hillbillies]]'', in which [[Ray Davies]] sings, "Barley wine, pink gin, he'll drink anything, port, pernod or tequila"<ref>https://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=6</ref> |
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*Pink gin is the drink of choice of [[Gerald Westerby|Jerry Westerby]] in [[John Le Carre]]'s novel ''[[Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]'' (1974). |
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*Bigelow ([[Alec Guinness]]) orders "Two pink gins, full measure and don't skimp on the Angostura" in the movie ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]'' (1980) |
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*Pink gin was often consumed by Mr. Glodstone in [[Tom Sharpe]]'s 1982 novel ''[[Vintage Stuff]]''. |
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*In the 1989 episode of ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'', titled ''Triangle at Rhodes'', some of the characters drink pink gin, one such cocktail being used as the delivery method of a deadly poison. |
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*In the 2009 [[Agatha Raisin]] novel by [[M. C. Beaton]], "Agatha Raisin and The Quiche of Death," a working-class character drinks pink gin, prompting Agatha to ask, "Where had Mrs. Cartwright learned to drink pink gins? Surely Bacardi Breezers, lager and lime, rum and Coke would have been more to her taste." |
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*Lottie Cassell offers a pink gin to Logan Mountstuart in Episode 1 of the Channel 4 TV series ''[[Any Human Heart (TV series)|Any Human Heart]]''. 2010 (UK), 2011 (US). |
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| ⚫ | [[Cedric Charles Dickens]] (great-grandson of [[Charles Dickens]]) records in ''Drinking With Dickens'' that a 'Burnt Pink Gin' consists of 1 tsp Angostura set afire by heating over a flame and then poured into a large tot of dry gin, adding cold water to taste.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-TXv-k-RpsC&q=drinking%20with%20dickens&pg=PA7| title=Drinking With Dickens| publisher=Elvendon Press | isbn=9781461732693| date=1998-04-21}}</ref> |
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*Count Alfredo orders a pink gin in "The Good Medicine," Season 2, Episode 21 of the British mystery spy thriller TV series ''[[The_Saint_(TV_series)|The Saint]]''. (1964) |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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[[Category:Cocktails with gin]] |
[[Category:Cocktails with gin]] |
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[[Category:Cocktails with bitters]] |
[[Category:Cocktails with Angostura bitters]] |
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Latest revision as of 10:12, 18 December 2024
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 Pink Gin | |
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| Standard garnish | lemon |
| Standard drinkware | .svg) |
| Commonly used ingredients |
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| Preparation | Chill the glass, then coat the inside with the Bitters. Add the gin very well chilled, garnish and serve. |
| Notes | The traditional garnish is a shave of lemon rind. You can obtain this by removing about an inch strip of lemon rind with a potato peeler. |
Pink gin was historically used to refer to a cocktail[1] made fashionable in England in the mid-19th century, consisting of Plymouth gin[2] and a dash of Angostura bitters, a dark red bitters that makes the whole drink pinkish. In recent years, the term Pink gin has also been used to define a specific category of gin where a range of fruits and flavourings are infused into the gin to give it a pink color.[3]
Lemon rind is also commonly used as a garnish, with the citrus essential oils subtly complementing the flavour.
Origins
[edit]Pink gin is widely thought to have been created by members of the Royal Navy. Plymouth gin is a 'sweet' gin, as opposed to London gin which is 'dry', and was added to Angostura bitters to make the consumption of Angostura bitters more enjoyable[4] as they were used as a treatment for sea sickness in 1824 by Dr. Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert.[5]
The Royal Navy then brought the idea for the drink to bars in England,[6] where this method of serving was first noted on the mainland. By the 1870s, gin was becoming increasingly popular and many of the finer establishments in England were serving pink gins.[citation needed]
Variations
[edit]A typical pink gin is one part gin and one dash of angostura bitters.
Though there are no major variations of pink gin, many bartenders vary the amount of angostura bitters used. Typically the drink is topped up with iced water, rarely without water.
A bartender may ask customers whether they want it "in or out", upon which the bartender swirls the angostura bitters around the glass before either leaving it in, or pouring it out (leaving only a residue), and then adding the gin.
It is also common for pink gin to be served as 'pink gin and tonic', typically consisting of 4 dashes of angostura bitters and 2 shots of gin, which is then topped up with tonic water. This is served in a highball glass over ice, and then can be garnished with lemon.[7]
Cedric Charles Dickens (great-grandson of Charles Dickens) records in Drinking With Dickens that a 'Burnt Pink Gin' consists of 1 tsp Angostura set afire by heating over a flame and then poured into a large tot of dry gin, adding cold water to taste.[8]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Plymouth Pink Gin Cocktail Recipe".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Gin cocktail recipes II". Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "20 Best Pink Gins To Buy Right Now". Delish. 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Great Cocktails: Pink Gin". Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Angostura Bitters". Archived from the original on 2006-04-11. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Bitters in the bar". Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Pink Gin and Tonic". In The Spirit. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ^ Drinking With Dickens. Elvendon Press. 1998-04-21. ISBN 9781461732693.