Pink Gin

A pared-back classic of nothing but gin and bitters: a chilled glass is coated with a few dashes of Angostura, then filled with very-cold Plymouth gin and finished with an expressed lemon twist. Said to have been born aboard Royal Navy ships in the mid-1800s, where sailors cut their medicinal seasickness bitters with gin to make them go down easier, it became a fashionable order in English clubs by the 1870s. Aromatic, dry, and bracingly spirit-forward.

ClassicSpirit-ForwardBitter Sipper

Ingredients

  • 2 ozPlymouth Gin(well chilled)
  • 4 dashAngostura Bitters(used to coat the glass)

Garnish: Lemon Peel

Preparation

Stirred · Nick & Nora · None

  1. 1.

    rinse

    Chill the glass, then add the Angostura bitters and swirl to coat the inside; discard any excess.

  2. 2.

    add

    Pour in the very-well-chilled Plymouth gin (stir briefly with ice and strain, or pour straight if pre-chilled). Traditionally served neat; an equal part of iced water may be added to taste.

  3. 3.

    garnish

    Express a lemon twist over the surface and drop it in.

Flavor Profile

herbal
51%
spiced
34%
earthy
30%
citrus
28%
body
21%
heat
19%
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