Talk:Pink gin
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Recipe to Wikibooks
editJust in case this is watched by anyone. The recipe doesn't belong here, but rather on Wikibooks (there is a policy about not listing recipes somewhere). There is a b:Bartending book there in case anyone wants to move it there and add a link with Template:Wikibooks. I'm not going to be bold because I'm busy deprecating the old template which was used to link to a Wikibook page which has now disappeared. --Swift 18:29, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- Noted. Leaving out the recipe, there is enough remaining information to qualify as a stub, but only barely. I have flagged it as such, and hopefully someone will help improve it. --Willscrlt 02:14, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Origins, Variations, Citations and Modifications
editThe Original Entry Read:
"Pink Gin is a cocktail made fashionable in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, consisting of jenever and a dash of 'pink' (Angostura bitters, a dark red extract of gentian and spices, known from the 1820s at Angostura in Venezuela but now made in Trinidad and Tobago).
Pink gin is a typically English way of enjoying gin. It was made popular worldwide by members of the Royal Navy, where it rose to prominence because the Angostura bitters were a cure for seasickness.
Imports to Australia of pre-mixed pink gin has soared in past decades due to the overwhelming demand of fine spirits."
I have now changed the general summary, removing all historical information. I then replaced new, more accurate, and cited information in the 'Origins' section.
Sadly, I have had to remove the sentence about "Imports to Australia", as I could find no citation for it. I did search for quite a while for any information relating to it and couldn't find a single citation. If anyone does, I am more than happy to see it reincluded.
I then added a brief 'Variations' section. It isn't particularly lengthy - but its better than nothing!
I added the references section, for the new citations.
Finally, I removed the stub tag - as I now believe that this entry deserves this status.
Also, as part of the Mixed Drinks Project, I will be removing this article from the to-do list: as is discussed on the project log.
Plymouth Gin is NOT sweet
editIt is dry.... In fact, it is the poster child of "dry London gin".... Hayford Peirce (talk) 18:53, 15 August 2015 (UTC)