Name: Swizzles Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 30 ml Lime juice; 20 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Swizzles Cocktail
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Garnish: Crown with a few dashes of aromatic bitters over ice peak, plus juniper or blueberries

How to make:

POUR all ingredients into chilled glass and two-thirds fill with crushed ice. SWIZZLE with a swizzle stick (or churn with a barspoon). Add more crushed ice to fill and SWIZZLE some more. Serve with straws.

Review:

Somewhat reminiscent of a frozen gimlet – the combination of gin and lime shines in this freshening swizzle.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

SWIZZLES COCKTAIL.
The Juice of 1 Lime.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
1 Glass of Gin.
1 Teaspoon of Sugar.
Stir with swizzle stick until it foams.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Swizzles Cocktail contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
20.49% alc./vol. (20.49° proof)
22.6 grams of pure alcohol

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lina linda

29th November 2023 at 21:18

Just a hair too sweet for me, but the blackberries added a fun little component. If you want a fresh cocktail that's not too fruity and still full bodied, this one's for you :)

Alex Powell

9th September 2023 at 13:49

Loved this. Taking the gimlet cue a bit further used a split of lime cordial (per Morgenthaler) in lieu of simple and fresh lime juice, which gave it a slightly more grippy character. Fantastic for a hot afternoon doing nothing.

Asher Günther

10th February 2023 at 04:12

Definitely be generous with the angostura float

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