Pink gin can mean two different drinks with the same name. The pink gin cocktail is a minimalist mix of regular gin and Angostura bitters, producing an orangey-pink color. It is typically stirred with ice to chill and slightly dilute, then served in a chilled coupe glass with a lemon twist. The bottled pink gin sold in liquor stores is not a premix of the cocktail. It is gin infused with fruits after distillation, often with artificial coloring to intensify the pink hue. The cocktail originated with British Royal Navy sailors using bitters for seasickness, later becoming popular in London before fading in the early 1900s. The spirit version emerged later with gin’s resurgence and commercial products like Gordon’s Pink Gin.
"The pink gin cocktail is a minimalist mix of regular gin with Angostura bitters, which gives the drink its orangey-pink color. It's usually stirred with ice to both chill and ever so slightly dilute it, and is served with a twist of lemon in a chilled coupe glass."
"What you find on the shelves of a liquor store is not a premix version of this cocktail, but rather a gin that's been infused with fruits after distilling. This gives it both a unique flavor and color, though the pink is often amped up with artificial coloring."
"Pink gin is both a spirit and a cocktail, and apart from the gin component, they don't have much in common. The confusion comes from the same name being used for two separate things."
"Sailors in the British Royal Navy used bitters as a cure for seasickness, but to make it more palatable, they cut it with a healthy dose of gin. By the late 1800s, the cocktail had made it onshore and onto the menus of London's bars."
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