What is pink gin?
pink gin is a cocktail made with gin and dash Angostro. The Pink Gin cocktail was perhaps the most popular in the UK during the 19th century and is also known as Gin and bitter.
pink gin is simply not pink gin without angostura bitter. Angostura bitter is an aroma that is now used for food and drinks. They are made of spice extracts and flowering Gentian plants, some of which are known for their healing properties. Bitters angostura are highly concentrated and have a dark red color. So, when the dash of the angostura Bitters is added to clean the gin, the gin turns to the pink.
quite strange, the development of Pink Gin cocktail can be traced until the 19th century South America. In 1824 Dr. Dr. Siegert, also a passionate scientist, tried to discover the cure for stomach embarrassment, which influenced a large number of Bolivar's soldiers.
Dr. Siegert developed tonicM, which included a gentle extract and called it Amargo Aromatico or aromatic bitter. Whether Dr. Siegert has actually discovered the properties of the anti-nauzea of the Gentian extract remains the point of the debate. It is clear that Dr. Siegert's tonic helped to alleviate the nausea and upset the stomach. The name Angostura Bitters comes from Angostura, Venezuela, a town where Dr. Siegert was founded during his service.
In 1830, Dr. Siegert had his angosutra bitter bitter bitters to Trinidad and England, where it was used by sailors in the British Royal Navy to ease the sea. To increase Tonic tasty, the sailors added bitter to the gin. So it is said that the Pink Gin cocktail was invented by the British Royal Navy.
The basic pink gin cocktail is served directly at the tail tap. Glass should be chilled and three to four dashes of angosturic bitter, andThe inside would cover the cover, and then spilled. Dry gin should be cooled and tense into a glass. A typical decoration for pink gin is a lemon twist, a curled belt of lemon peel. It is likely that the original recipe for pink gin was a little more outside the cuff and there are variations. For example, sometimes the pink gin is spilled with icy water.
Another variant of pink gin is the pink gin and tonic, made of four dashes of angosturic bitter and two gin shots, terminated by tonic and served in a glass of highball. Angostura of bitterness is also added to Manhattan, a cocktail of whiskey with Italian vermouth and Maraschino icing. Classic British champagne cocktail is made of champagne, pressed lemon, ice cube and a piece of sugar soaked in angosturic bitterness.
It is interesting that a root extract is also used to create a French liqueur. Bitters are used as an aroma for soft drink, moxia. Gin is the spirit of grain flavored with juniper berries. Gin may also include the emotions of the feelingRussians, anise, Angelica root, Orris root, liquorice, cinnamon, coriander and cake Cassia.