Gimlet

Ingredients

• 5 parts gin
• 1 part simple syrup
• 1 part lime juice

Preparation

Mix and serve. Garnish with a slice of lime

Container

Use a Cocktail / Martini Glass

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About

The gimlet is a cocktail made of gin and lime juice. A 1928 description of the drink was: "gin, a spot of lime, and soda." The description in the 1953 Raymond Chandler novel The Long Goodbye stated that "a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else".

Credits

Added by DrinkMaven
on 18 Oct 10:23