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Sour · Shaken · Historical · complexity 2/5

Pink One

Pink One is a grenadine-colored Tom-gin sour lengthened with siphon in a fizz glass.

sweet · citrus · red_fruit · herbal · refreshing

Served in Fizz glass.

Variants (2)

The Cocktail Book a Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen (1901, p.55)

3 dasheslemon juice — Source says three or four dashes.base
1 wine glassOld Tom gin — Tom ginbase
Soda water — siphondilution
0.5 ponyGrenadine — Grenadinesweetener
  1. Shake the lemon juice, Tom gin, and grenadine.
  2. Strain into a fizz glass and fill with siphon.

This is a useful small checkpoint for the grenadine-tinted pink-drink branch inside the broader fizz/sour field.

Its identity depends on the grenadine coloration as much as on the base gin-sour structure.

Louis' Mixed Drinks with Hints for the Care & Serving of Wines by Louis Muckensturm (1906, p.98)

0.5 lemonlemon juice — Lemon juicebase
0.5 bar-glassOld Tom gin — Tom ginbase
0.5 liqueur-glassGrenadine — Grenadinesweetener
  1. Fill the mixing-glass with ice, shake well, strain into a high-ball glass, fizz with soda, and serve.

Ice: Ice

See also: Golden Fizz, Gin Fizz