Brian L. Frye writes: The cocktail I made for Penny was just a classic sour: 1.5 oz. beet gin, 0.75 oz. Cointreau, 0.75 oz. lemon juice. It was the color & consistency of blood! The beet gin has an interesting, earthy sweetness. I also made a Negroni variation, with 1 oz. beet gin, 1 oz. sweet vermouth & 1 oz. Campari. Nice.