Pink Ink

Pink Ink (photo, s. Above)

On this drink I was really excited. The Pink Ink is simply the Gin & Tonic variant for the new “Cherry Blossom Tonic”. In contrast to the other two products, the Cherry Blossom Tonic in the first place was only introduced on a limited amount of 1000 crates. As one should never say never, maybe this will change in the future: the Elderflower Tonic also started as a limited edition, so it will be interesting, if we will hear more of the Cherry Blossom Tonic in the close future.

The recipe for Pink Ink:

4 cl Gin

Thomas Henry Cherry Blossom Tonic

I chose a lemon zest and two Griottines cherries as a garnish. The lemon zest emphasizes the fresh touch of Tonic (lime would not go well with the light cherry tones) and the cherries compliment the fruit aspect very fine.

The result has definitely convinced me: Of course we’re handling with a slightly sweeter version of the Tonic, but if you can arrange with that it works really well with the gin. To avaiod experimenting I used a Bombay Sapphire Gin because I wanted to prevent the gin from covering the tonic too much. The cherry notes really work well in combination with the bitterness of the tonic and the juniper-botanical gin aromas. Maybe this variant of the classic gin & tonic can appeal also to those who never really fell in love with the original version due to the bitterness of the drink. While the Pink Ink still has bitter notes, they are lightened up a little bit by the sweetness and fruitiness of Thomas Henry’s new Tonic Water.