Gin cocktail: Pink Mustache

In celebration of World Gin Day this Saturday, Adelaide’s Bibliotheca Bar and Book Exchange shares the recipe for one of its signature cocktails, made with gin and Dubbonet.

Jun 07, 2017, updated May 14, 2025
Photo: Maria Savelieva Photography
Photo: Maria Savelieva Photography

“It’s our absolute bestseller and it has a funky mustache stenciled on the frothy top, made of raspberry and beetroot dust,” says Roman Tazhdynov, owner-operator of small bar on Gresham Street in the West End.

According to the bar’s cocktail menu, it’s “not too sweet and not too sour”.

Pink Mustache

Ingredients

35ml gin
35ml Dubonnet (or sweet punchy vermouth)
25ml lime juice
25ml sugar syrup
25ml egg white
2 dashes of rhubarb bitters

Method

Shake ingredients together and strain into cocktail glass.

Bibliotheca Bar and Book Exchange is at 27 Gresham Street.

For World Gin Day happenings in Adelaide, see our events column and the Adelaide Gin Society Facebook page.

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