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

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

³⁄₄ fl oz

Elderflower liqueur

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of half lime wheel slice &/or elderflower blossom when in season.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with half lime wheel on rim &/or elderflower blossom when in season.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Elderflower Gimlet contains 122 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
20.66% alc./vol. (41.32° proof)
13.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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kieran donoghue Premium Member 30w

Tried a st Clements’ style variant using Australasian spirits
Blood orange gin (Daylesford spirits)
Lime juice
1/2 shot limecello (juno NZ)
1/2 shot bush lemon vodka (red duck)
Very enjoyable!

Attila Emecz 2y

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 2y

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

Caitlin 3y

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 4y

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 . 4y

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.)