This Pretty Pink Cocktail Is More Serious Than It Appears

Appearances can be deceiving. [liquor]( [liquor]( ................... [liquor]( ................... ...... [liquor]( ...... [Meet the Pink Lady]( Appearances can be deceiving, and such is the case with the Pink Lady: Freshly squeezed lemon juice plays alongside pomegranate-based grenadine, and the drink packs a two-spirit punch of gin and [applejack]( that belies its pretty pink hue. Like many Prohibition-era cocktails, the Pink Lady has an ambiguous history: Its invention was likely a solution to the cheap gin that marked the age; adding other ingredients like brandy, lemon juice, and grenadine helped to mask the unpleasant flavor of the poor-quality spirits available at the time. The Pink Lady became a favorite of high-society ladies from the 1930s to the 1950s, and its reputation as a “girly” order was perhaps solidified in the 1951 title The Bartender’s Book, by Jack Townsend, the president of New York’s bartender’s union: “Why, surely you know her,” Townsend wrote of the typical Pink Lady imbiber. “She's that nice little girl who works in files, who's always so courteous but always seems so timid…Naturally you never expected to see her at a bar. She gets into one about twice a year, at Christmas time or some other high old time.” Sexism aside, Townsend didn’t underestimate the drink’s potency: “Just why she picks the Pink Lady for these occasions—since the Lady packs quite a wallop—remains a mystery, even to her perhaps,” he continued. [Read More]( ............. Grenadine at Its Best ............. ............. Grenadine at Its Best ............. [Captain Ron]( [Dead Sea Mule]( [Tequila Sunrise]( [Ward Eight]( [Jack Rose]( [Millionaire]( ............................................... ............................................... [Social: Twitter]( [Social: Facebook]( [Social: Instagram]( [Social: YouTube]( [Social: Pinterest]( It's [our priority to provide you]( with the content you need and want right now, as well as [continue to support]( and inform the bartender community. If you have feedback for us or want to suggest we offer a certain type of content, you can reach us at contact@liquor.com. © 2022 Liquor.com · Please drink responsibly. 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 Sent to {EMAIL} · [Manage Subscription](page=liquormanagement)