While detractors can dismiss the Gimlet as “alcoholic lime”, made well it is a lovely drink.
“The lime makes it so crisp and fresh, and the botanics cut through, there’s far more to it than ‘alcoholic lime’.”
The most established origin story is that the Gimlet was created in the 19th century to prevent scurvy among Royal Navy sailors and the name may refer to a Thomas Desmond Gimlette, a naval medical officer serving around this time.
The Recipe
Serving: 1
Ingredients
- 60 ml Fifty Pounds Gin
- 20 ml Rose’s lime cordial
- Juice of 1 lime
- Ice
How to make or shake it
- Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
- Garnish with a lime
