Episode 60 Pink Lady

Ep. 60: Pink Lady - if you don’t drink pink, you stink. 

Welcome to Season 4 episode 60 of The Art of Drinking with Join Jules and Your Favorite Uncle

For Valentines Day we are bringing you a cocktail from the golden era of cocktails, the Pink Lady. A once popular drink among men and women, but then pink became uncool for men. Foolishness! Brad takes us through the history of the Pink Lady, bathtub gin, and why pink became uncool. Of course, we get a fantastic Pink Lady cocktail recipe, taken from Death & Co.’s cocktail book. Jules brings us The Pink Fizz.

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What do we need for today’s episode?

For Brad’s Pink Lady

• Egg white

• Laird’s Apple Brandy 

• Plymouth Gin

• Fresh Lemon Juice

• Acacia Honey Syrup (any light honey syrup will do)

• Grenadine

• Boston Cocktail Shaker

• double rocks glass

• 3 cherries on a pick (I used brandied)

• Chilled double rocks glass

• Barspoon

• Cocktail pick

• Ice

• Jigger

For Jules’ Pink Fizz: 

• egg white

• gin, or gin alternative

• Apple brandy, or n/a apple cider*

• Fresh lemon juice

• hibiscus syrup

• grenadine

• Club soda

• Boston Cocktail Shaker

• Jigger

• Collins Glass

• cocktail pick

• Ice

Where did the Pink Lady come from?

Prohibition Era: The Pink Lady is said to have been created during the Prohibition era when alcoholic beverages were illegal in the United States. During this time, speakeasies, underground bars, and clandestine clubs flourished. Bartenders often concocted creative cocktails to mask the taste of bootlegged spirits.

• Origin: The exact origin of the Pink Lady is uncertain, but it's commonly associated with New York City and the speakeasy culture of the time. Some sources attribute its creation to a bartender named Leo Cotton, who worked at the famous Players Club in Manhattan. Others suggest it may have been invented at the famed Harry's New York Bar in Paris.

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This week’s tip: Homemade Grenadine

Ingredients 

• 2 cups 100% pomegranate juice

• 2 cups sugar

• 3 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Bring to simmer over medium heat, while stirring, remove from heat and let cool to room temp

Once at room temp, stir in vanilla extract and store for about 4 weeks, or pour approx. 1 oz vodka and it will last at least 2 months.

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