Somewhat red governor initially in for drink (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
pink gin
'drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'somewhat red governor initially in' is the wordplay.
'somewhat red' becomes 'pink'.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'governor' is 'g'.
'pink'+'g'+'in'='PINK GIN'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for pink gin that I've seen before include "Alcoholic drink" , "Geneva and bitters" , "Kingpin (anag.)" , "Drink with angostura bitters" , "Drink with 9" .)