Gimlet (cocktail)

The Gimlet is a classic cocktail. The short drink consisting of only two ingredients: Gin and Lime Juice Cordial.

History

The Gimlet was first drunk by the end of the 19th century in the British Royal Navy, but remained long meaningless outside of England. Widely known he was then as favorite cocktail of the client Terry Lennox of private detective Philip Marlowe.

"We were sitting with Victor in a corner of the bar and drank gimlets. "! They have no idea how to do that ," he said (meaning: Lennox, Note). " What the call here a Gimlet is just lemon or lime juice with gin and a dash of sugar and bitter beer. Proper Gimlet is one half of gin and the other from Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else. , But that beats all martinis hands down. " ( Raymond Chandler ," The long Goodbye ", what Wollschläger here with " translated bitter beer " is actually Angostura Bitters )

The spread of some Lime Juice Cordial manufacturers on their bottles assertion, the Gimlet is also the favorite cocktail of the writer Ernest Hemingway was, can not be proven himself.

Preparation

While " Marlowe 's Gin Gimlet " equal parts Gin and Lime Juice Cordial provides, in the literature usually a larger share of gin is recommended. The drink is dry and tastes clean using a good gin. On the other hand, a good Lime Juice Cordial can not be replaced by fresh lime juice and sugar syrup, without changing the character of the cocktails readily. The drink can be both stirred and shaken in a cocktail shaker with ice and is either in a small tumbler on fresh ice or without ice ( "straight up " ) served in a chilled cocktail glass.

When Vodka Gimlet Gin is replaced by vodka, rums gimlet by white rum. In the Tequila Gimlet, the addition of a little lemon juice is common.