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Pink Gin Fizz Cocktail Recipe

This easy pink gin fizz cocktail recipe is a sweet, refreshing drink with a beautiful blush colour. You can make it with pink gin for extra fruity flavour, or use London dry gin because the grenadine still gives the cocktail its signature pink shade.

Pink Gin Fizz Cocktail served in sugar rim glasses garnished with lemon slices and cubes of ice in the glass and pink and white roses and white rose petals at the bottom of glass

This simple gin and grenadine cocktail is shaken with ice, fresh lemon juice and gin, then poured into a large gin glass over more ice and lemon slices. To finish, top it up with your favourite fizz. Use soda water for a lighter, sharper drink, or choose lemonade if you prefer a sweeter cocktail.

A pink gin fizz is a lovely homemade cocktail for summer evenings, Christmas parties, New Year’s Eve celebrations, Valentine’s Day or a relaxed cocktail night at home. Below, you will also find an easy method for making a sugar rim on your cocktail glass.

Step by Step Recipe

Pink Gin Fizz served in sugar rim glasses garnished with lemon slices and cubes of ice in the glass and pink and white roses at the bottom of glass

Pink Gin Fizz Cocktail

Luke and Kay – Flawless Food

This pink gin fizz cocktail is quick to prepare and easy to personalise. It combines gin, grenadine and fresh lemon juice with a fizzy mixer for a drink that is bright, sweet, citrusy and refreshing.

Use pink gin or dry gin, depending on what you have available. Grenadine brings the pink colour and adds a sweet, slightly tart flavour. Serve in a large gin glass with plenty of ice and slices of lemon.

For the finishing touch, add a simple sugar rim to the glass. It makes the cocktail look special without taking much extra time.

Prep Time 8 mins
Cook Time 0 mins
Total Time 8 mins
Course Drinks
Cuisine British
Servings 1 Cocktail
Calories 188 kcal

Equipment

Cocktail Shaker
Gin Glass
Large Ice Cube Tray

Ingredients

  • Ice
  • 50 ml Gin – pink gin or dry gin
  • 25 ml Grenadine
  • 25 ml Lemon Juice – freshly squeezed is best
  • Soda Water or Lemonade – add to taste
  • 1 Lemon – for slices and garnish

Sugar Rim Glass – optional

  • 25 ml Grenadine
  • 3 tablespoons Caster Sugar

Instructions

How to Sugar Rim a Cocktail Glass

  • Pour the grenadine onto a small flat plate and add the caster sugar to a second plate. Dip the rim of the glass into the grenadine, keeping the glass upside down until any excess stops dripping.

    Dipping a gin glass rim into grenadine in a white bowl with a green bottle of grenadine in the background

  • Dip the grenadine-coated rim into the sugar. Set the glass aside to dry while you make the cocktail. Slice the lemon ready for the drink and garnish.

    Dipping a gin glass coated in grenadine into caster sugar in a black bowl to make a sugar rim glass with a green bottle of grenadine in the background

Making the Pink Gin Fizz

  • Add a handful of ice to a cocktail shaker.

    Placing cubes of ice by hand into a cocktail shaker with two sugar rimmed gin glasses and slices of lemon in the background

  • Pour in the gin.

    Pouring gin into a cocktail shaker with two glasses and a green bottle of gin the background

  • Add the grenadine.

    Poring grenadine into the gin in a cocktail shaker with two gin glasses, lemon slices and a green bottle of grenadine in the background

  • Add the fresh lemon juice.

    Pouring lemon juice into the gin and grenadine mixture in a clear plastic cocktail shaker with two sugar rimmed gin glasses and slices of lemon in the background

  • Put the lid on the shaker and shake well until the mixture is chilled.

    Shaking our pink gin fizz in a clear plastic cocktail shaker with two sugar rim gin glasses in the background

  • Place more ice and a few lemon slices into the prepared gin glass.

    Two sugar rim gin glasses with ice cubes and slices of lemons inside the glasses and placing lemon garnish with a rose petal onto the glass rim by hand

  • Pour the shaken cocktail into the glass.

    Pouring gin fizz into a large gin glass sugar rimmed garnished with lemon slice and rose petal with slices of lemon and ice cubes in the glass

  • Top with soda water or lemonade. Add as much as you like, depending on how strong, fizzy or sweet you want your pink gin fizz to be.

    Pouring soda water into sugar rim glasses garnished with lemon slices and cubes of ice in the glass and pink and white roses at the bottom of glass and green bottle of soda water in the background

Nutrition

Calories: 188kcal
Carbohydrates: 19g
Protein: 1g
Fat: 1g
Saturated Fat: 1g
Sodium: 8mg
Sugar: 12g
Vitamin C: 10mg
Keyword Christmas cocktail, cocktail at home, gin and grenadine cocktail, dry gin, easy cocktail, homemade cocktail, New Year cocktail, pink fizz drink, pink gin, sugar rim glass, sweet cocktail, Valentine’s cocktail

Our Pink Gin Fizz Cocktail recipe was originally published on 08/08/2021. It was modified on 12/06/2024 with a simpler layout to make the recipe card easier to use and to improve the advice.

Measures

This recipe uses UK metric measurements. In England, cocktail measures are commonly given in millilitres, and a single shot is 25ml. For this pink gin fizz, we use 50ml of gin, which is a double shot, plus 25ml each of grenadine and lemon juice.

If you are used to US cocktail measures, you may want to adjust the quantities to suit your preferred pour. The most important part is keeping the balance of gin, sweetness and lemon to your taste.

Ingredients

Here is a closer look at the ingredients used to make this easy pink gin fizz cocktail.

Ice

Use plenty of ice. Smaller cubes work well in the cocktail shaker because they chill the gin, grenadine and lemon juice quickly.

Placing cubes of ice by hand into a cocktail shaker with two sugar rimmed gin glasses and slices of lemon in the background

Large ice cubes are ideal for the serving glass because they look good and help keep the cocktail cold while you drink it.

Gin Or Pink Gin

The best gin for this recipe depends on your taste and what you already have. London dry gin gives a clean, classic flavour, while pink gin or another flavoured gin can make the drink fruitier.

Pouring gin into a cocktail jigger to measure the gin for making the cocktail

We use 50ml of gin for one cocktail. If you prefer a lighter drink, reduce the amount of gin and top up with a little more soda water or lemonade.

Grenadine

Grenadine gives this gin fizz its pretty pink colour and adds a sweet, slightly tart flavour. Use 25ml for one cocktail.

Pouring grenadine into a measuring cup to place in the cocktail shaker with the gin

Grenadine is commonly used in cocktails and pairs well with the sharpness of lemon juice.

Lemon

Freshly squeezed lemon juice gives the best flavour. Half a lemon should usually provide enough juice for one 25ml measure.

Squeezing lemon juice into a cocktail jigger to add to the gin and grenadine in the cocktail shaker and slices of lemon and two gin glasses in the background

Lemon slices also make a fresh and simple garnish for the finished cocktail.

Shake the ice, gin, grenadine and lemon juice together until well chilled.

Shaking our pink gin fizz in a clear plastic cocktail shaker with two sugar rim gin glasses in the background

Pour the mixture over ice and lemon slices in a large gin glass.

Pouring our pink gin fizz cocktail into a large gin glass sugar rimmed garnished with lemon slice and rose petal with slices of lemon and ice cubes in the glass

Soda Water or Lemonade

Soda water gives the cocktail its fizz without adding extra sweetness. Add it at the end and use as much or as little as you like.

Pouring soda water into sugar rim glasses garnished with lemon slices and cubes of ice in the glass and pink and white roses at the bottom of glass and green bottle of soda water in the background

If you prefer a sweeter pink gin fizz, use lemonade instead of soda water.

How to Sugar Rim Cocktail Glasses

A sugar rim makes this cocktail feel more special and takes only a minute or two. Add grenadine or lemon juice to one small plate and caster sugar to another.

Dipping a gin glass rim into grenadine in a white bowl with a green bottle of grenadine in the background
Dipping a gin glass coated in grenadine into caster sugar in a black bowl to make a sugar rim glass with a green bottle of grenadine in the background

Dip the rim of the glass into the grenadine, lift it and let any excess drip away. Then dip the rim into the sugar until evenly coated.

Grenadine creates a pink sugar rim, which looks lovely with this drink. Lemon juice can be used instead if you prefer a clear sugar rim.

Gin Fizz Cocktail Garnish Idea

Keep the garnish simple. Lemon slices look fresh and work well with the citrus flavour in the cocktail. Add them inside the glass and place one on the rim if you like.

Pouring gin fizz into a large gin glass sugar rimmed garnished with lemon slice and rose petal with slices of lemon and ice cubes in the glass

For a decorative finish, use a cocktail stick with a lemon twist and a small dried pink rosebud.

The best Pink Gin Fizz Cocktail served in a sugar rim gin glass garnished with a lemon slice and pink rose petal and pink and white roses at the bottom of the glass

Pink gin fizz is a great cocktail to enjoy with loved ones at Christmas, New Year’s Eve or any celebration where you want something bright, pretty and easy to make.

clinking glasses of our gin cocktail to say cheers

It is also a lovely choice for Valentine’s Day or a relaxed cocktail evening at home.

Watch Us Make a Pink Gin Fizz Cocktail

This cocktail is simple to follow once you have your ingredients measured and your glass prepared. Shake the gin, grenadine and lemon juice with ice, pour over fresh ice and lemon slices, then top with soda water or lemonade to taste.

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