You can be certain I'll be packing a bottle of Angostora Bitters to go with Jason's bottle of London Dry. It's a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. My point, simply put, from wikipedia:"Pink Gin is a cocktail made fashionable in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, consisting of jenever and a dash of 'pink' (Angostura bitters, a dark red extract of gentian and spices, known from the 1820s at Angostura in Venezuela but now made in Trinidad and Tobago).
Pink gin is a typically English way of enjoying gin. It was made popular worldwide by members of the Royal Navy, where it rose to prominence because the Angostura bitters were a cure for seasickness.
Imports to Australia of pre mixed pink gin has soared in past decades due to the overwhelming demand in fine spirits."
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