The Gin Gimlet comes straight from the bottle—a bottle of London dry gin and a bottle of sweetened Rose’s lime juice, no room for user error. It is a wide-awake kind of tart, with the lime lifting the piney gin into a mouth-puckering territory, counterbalancing the herbaceous with the acerbic, then finishing it off with a touch of sweet. It is, like any good two-ingredient cocktail, a delight.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 ounces gin
- 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- Garnish: lime wheel
Steps
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Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
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Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or an Old Fashioned glass filled with fresh ice.
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Garnish with a lime wheel.
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(You can substitute 1 oz lime cordial, such as Rose’s lime juice, for both the lime juice and simple syrup.).