Name: Death In The Gulf Stream
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Oude genever; 30 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 dash Aromatic bitters; 1 grated zest of Lime (fresh)

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Oude genever

1 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

4 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

1 grated zest of

Lime (fresh)

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

19.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

According to Charles H. Baker's 1946 The Gentleman's Companion, this libation was a favourite of Ernest Hemingway.

"We got Hemingway's other picker-upper, and liked it. Take a tall thin water tumbler and fill it with finely cracked ice. Lace this broken debris with four good purple splashes of Angostura, add the juice and crushed peel of one green lime, and fill the glass almost full with Holland gin... No sugar, no fancying. It's strong, it's bitter - but so is English ale strong and bitter, in many cases. We don't add sugar to ale, and we don't need sugar in a Death In The Gulf Stream - or at least not more than one teaspoon. Its tartness and its bitterness are its chief charm. It is reviving and refreshing; cools the blood and inspires renewed interest in food, companions and life."

Charles H. Baker, 1946

Comments & Discussion

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Helen Huckvale Premium Member 6w

This is the first time I have drunk Genever so was not sure quite what it would contribute to a cocktail. I liked the bitterness and sharpness of the cocktail and will enjoy making and drinking it again. .To assess the Genever contribution I tried some straight over ice and loved the taste, the clean bitterness was refreshing; however I need to be careful not to start thinking of dry gin as its poor cousin. I will enjoy experimenting with Genever.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Very good cocktail. Would be nice on a hot day or at a picnic. Flavours work well together. The lime zest is critical to the overall falvour, it should not be omitted.

meng fa 4y

Everyone .who knows how to make classic gulf steam？I was seem before.
sharing recipe for me .thanks

Doug Charnock Premium Member 5y

Yum! This is going to be a regular feature of our evening cocktail on the veranda. The generous helping of the grated lime produces an unexpected complexity and bitterness for such a simple cocktail.

Hunter Newsome 5y

I go 0.25oz syrup for an oude and double for a jonge. The fresh, almost camphor-like effect of the grated lime zest sets this apart from other drinks.