Pink Gin

[Dusty Bin]

What would gin with summer fruits squash added to it taste like?

Would this be a good home made pink gin recipe?

[237SJ]

Pink gin is gin with angostura bitters, not fruit or fruit squash.

[Peter Pedant]

do the experiment

either pour a lot of angostura bitter into glass and empty out
OR one drop of bitters
add Gin

gin and orange would be OK

you can get flavoured gin now

[Buenchico]

It's certainly not going to taste like a 'traditional' pink gin, which needs to be flavoured with angostura bitters. However 'modern' pink gin recipes basically just add in a bit of fruit flavour, which adds colour at the same time. So it's possibly worth a try. Why not just give it a go and see if you like the taste?

[Dusty Bin]

Thanks very much for your answers.

Didn’t understand about the Angostura Bitters.

May try adding some squash to some gin just to test the taste, but understand now it won’t be proper gin.

Cheers!

[237SJ]

I`ve tried the Gordons pink gin (disgusting) and most of the Whitley Neill ones. They all have a horrible false taste. You are better mixing your own.

[Vagus]

My mum always drank gin and orange, which was orange squash.
Recently I’ve been enjoying gin with a splash of Belvoir lime cordial and a small can of slimline tonic. Hits the spot for me.
Basically, add anything you like to any spirit you like, no hard and fast rules.

[LadyCG]

I don't get the pink gin thing - I much prefer just a regular dry gin and tonic.

I have got a bottle of the white peach gin which I have yet to sample. I'm not drinking at the moment so I'll save it for late on in the summer. I think I'm going to St Ives in about six weeks' time so may enjoy it there.

[ToraToraTora]

a pink Gin is a specific cocktail of Gin and (Angostura) bitters. What is known as "pink gin" these days is gin that happens to be pink it is not related to a real pink gin cocktail.