Name: Elderflower Gimlet
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Elderflower liqueur; 7.5 ml Lime juice

Elderflower Gimlet
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ oz	Elderflower liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of half lime wheel slice &/or elderflower blossom when in season.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with half lime wheel on rim &/or elderflower blossom when in season.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin-laced tart lime balanced and flavoured by rich elderflower liqueur.

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Variant:

Gypsy No.1; Periscope

History:

A riff on the classic Gimlet.

Nutrition:

One serving of Elderflower Gimlet contains 122 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
20.66% alc./vol. (20.66° proof)
12.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Attila Emecz

27th August 2024 at 22:39

This is a super cocktail. We started by doubling the quantities here and then adjusted. With 60 ml gin / 15 ml lime / 22.5 St Germain. This proved a tad sharp. However, 60 ml gin / 15 ml lime / 30 ml St Germain proved to be the perfect balance.
Edit: Actually I see he balance I have suggested here exists in another entry on this site as a French Gimlet …here https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/10679/french-gimlet?srsltid=AfmBOoqnCD978vqwUW-isJ3kHW2F9y1mma6MjfMgJBbmnNF9AYggXCcg

Mark

1st June 2024 at 09:36

It’s a gimlet and it’s elderflower, nothing you can go wrong with. Quite yummy.

Caitlin

17th February 2023 at 00:45

I made this for my mum with a non-alcoholic gin and elderflower cordial, and she enjoyed it. I did use a bit less elderflower cordial to offset the sweetness of the gin sub and a bit more lime.

Dave Smith

25th July 2022 at 00:31

A very nice cocktail. I took Tessa’s advice and increased gin to 1.5, St Germain .75, lime juice.5. I haven’t had a Gimlet since they started putting high fructose corn syrup in Roses Lime Juice (in the US at least).

Tessa .

8th May 2022 at 03:14

I’m not usually wowed by gimlets which can skew kind of lime popsicle-flavored for my taste, but this is delicious. I might add a touch more gin the next time I make it. I’m loving the elderflower liqueur and lime, but they’re totally overpowering the gin for me. (Admittedly, I didn’t have Rutte Dry Gin & subbed in Boodles. Like a heathen.)

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