PINK GIN
6 DROPS OF ANGOSTURA BITTERS
50ML/2OZ GIN
Slosh the Angostura bitters into a tumbler and swirl it around so that it coats the sides. Add as much gin as you fancy. Chuck in a couple of ice cubes and there you have it.
WHOEVER DRINKS PINK GIN these days? Who even knows what it is? Well, I do. It can lay claim to be one of the world’s earliest cocktails, though ‘cocktail’ seems rather too fancy a word for a drink that is so simple. Dating from around 1826 when HMS Hercules was patrolling the waters of the Caribbean, the Pink Gin came about when the ship’s surgeon Henry Workshop came across Angostura bitters on one of his forays ashore. Angostura contains antimalarial quinine but is far too bitter to be taken alone. Captain Jack Bristol added it to his evening gin and discovered it was rare good. He would probably have had no ice, but that doesn’t mean you need to go without.
