Name: Limey Gimlet
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice); 30 ml Gin; 15 ml Rum - White (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old light; 15 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lime zest twist (discarded) & lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 fl oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
1 fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

The two naval spirits sit harmoniously together in this delicately flavoured Gimlet.

History:

Created in 2010 by yours truly (Simon Difford) at The Cabinet Room, London, England.

See our Gimlet cocktail page for more information on the history and variants of this drink.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Nutrition:

One serving of Limey Gimlet contains 114 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
16.6% alc./vol. (33.2° proof)
14.9 grams of pure alcohol

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