Garnish:
Lime wedge
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
2 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
1/4 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix) |
1/6 fl oz | Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice) |
3/4 fl oz | Chilled water |
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Review:
Boozy and very subtly flavoured and edging very slightly towards being sweet.
History:
Adapted from recipe first published by Charles H. Baker Jr. in his 1946 Gentleman's Companion.
See our Gimlet cocktail page for more information on the history and variants of this drink.
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 23.02% alc./vol. (46.04° proof)
- 21.9 grams of pure alcohol
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