Gimlet Cocktail (Charles H. Baker's 1939 recipe)

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a Coupe glass...
2 fl oz Rutte Dry Gin
¼ fl oz Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
⅛ fl oz Rose's lime cordial
¾ fl oz Chilled water
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How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Lime wedge

Comment:

Boozy and very subtly flavoured and edging very slightly towards being sweet.

About:

Adapted from recipe first published by Charles H. Baker Jr. in his 1946 'Gentleman's Companion'.

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