Pink Lady
A pre-Prohibition gin sour smoothed out with applejack and egg white.
FruityTartFrothy
Ingredients
- Gin1.5 oz (45 ml)
- Apple Brandy0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Lemon Juice0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Grenadine0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Egg White1
How to make it
- Dry shake all ingredients.
- Add ice, shake hard.
- Double strain into a coupe.
Glass: Coupe
May contain: Gluten, Egg. Always check your own bottles.
History
The Pink Lady is a Prohibition-era gin sour with applejack, lemon, grenadine and egg white, its frothy pink top making it a fashionable 'ladies' drink' of the 1920s and 30s. Long mocked, it has been reclaimed by modern bartenders as a well-built classic.
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