Try to leave a good hour at least for your gin to cool down, if it has been sitting at room temperature previously.

Unlike wine, bottled gin doesn’t get better with age! In other words, it would be pointless to wait and save the gin hoping it will improve with time. More importantly, though, gin should never be served at room temperature! So the essential thing is to either use plenty of ice*, or popping the gin (or your glass) in the fridge or freezer before you serve it. Unopened gin has a shelf life of several years - or even longer. So long as the bottle or seal isn’t broken, i.e. no air has been getting in, the alcohol will taste exactly the same when you do finally open it as when you bought it. We’ve used a classic recipe (egg white included but optional if you like) and added raspberry syrup to give it a pink colour and a more distinctive fruity flavour. You could also use a pink gin if you like, or exchange the syrup for a pink gin liqueur. Though there are no major variations of pink gin, many bartenders vary the amount of angostura bitters used. Typically the drink is topped up with iced water, rarely without water.So don’t keep your gin next to the oven or on top of the fridge, for example. Store it in a cool, dark cupboard or shelf out of direct sunlight if you can’t keep it in the fridge or freezer, and it should be fine. One of the most popular ways to do so is by adding a dash of gin liqueur like Raspberry or Rhubarb to top up your Prosecco. You can also pop in a raspberry or strawberry as a garnish. It is also common for pink gin to be served as 'pink gin and tonic', typically consisting of 4 dashes of angostura bitters and 2 shots of gin, which is then topped up with tonic water. This is served in a highball glass over ice, and then can be garnished with lemon. [7]

When we eat and drink more calories than we use up, our bodies store the excess as body fat. If this continues, over time we may put on weight.As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight.For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day.

Pink gin cocktail recipes

Pour 15ml of your choice of pink gin liqueur (raspberry, rhubarb, strawberry etc) into a flute glass and then top up with Prosecco.

This simple breakdown should help you to make a better decision when enjoying a little tipple on a night out. For example a shot of Vodka is a far better choice than a Baileys.. in fact those calories are for 1 shot of Baileys and who on earth ever has just that? Shake all ingredients in a shaker until cold and then pour over crushed ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel.A Gin Fizz is very similar to a Tom Collins, and actually uses all the same ingredients. It’s the method that makes them different! While a Tom Collins is built over ice and stirred, a Gin Fizz is shaken with ice and strained into a glass without ice. A Tom Collins will typically be a larger drink than a Gin Fizz as well, often using more soda water. The popularity of different spirits tends to come and go after a hiatus. Gins, pink gins, and gin liqueurs have become some of the most popular selling spirits in the last few years. If possible, keep your gin in the fridge or, even better, the freezer. When you serve gin very cold, the mouthfeel is softened, and the texture becomes somewhat silkier, making it an even more pleasurable drinking experience! Will my gin freeze if I put it in the freezer? Gin won’t freeze because its ABV (that’s its ‘alcohol by volume’ level) is at least 37.5% - too high to turn into ice. So don’t worry about keeping your gin in the freezer, you won’t have any exploding bottles!

So whether you are following Slimming World, Weight Watchers or a calorie deficit this post if for you. By all means, keep your lovely bottles on display if you don’t have much room for gin to hold a permanent place in your fridge or freezer. However, don’t let it get too warm, or it might oxidise - it won’t become unsafe to drink, it just won’t taste very nice any more. We agreed with Slimming World that we would remove the Syns from our food and shopping lists. LOOKING FOR WEIGHT WATCHERS SMART POINTS?A bartender may ask customers whether they want it "in or out", upon which the bartender swirls the angostura bitters around the glass before either leaving it in, or pouring it out (leaving only a residue), and then adding the gin. Generally pink in colour but not always, it is also 37.5% proof and has been flavoured with bitters or fruits. These both create the pink colour but also soften the taste of straight gin with a sweeter, fruity flavour. There is no added sugar though, just added fruit and botanicals. Gin Liqueur The drink then spread to the mainland and by the late 1800s had moved from sailors drinking establishments to some of Britain’s finest drinking establishments! Lemon rind is also commonly used as a garnish, with the citrus essential oils subtly complementing the flavour.