Name: Gimlet (Schumann's recipe)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 37.5 ml Lime cordial; 22.5 ml Lemon juice

Gimlet (Schumann's recipe)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 ¹⁄₄ oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Strength & taste guide:

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Dry/sour

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Review:

Schumann uses fresh citrus sourness to balance rich lime cordial but opts for lighter lemon juice rather than lime as is classic with a Gimlet.

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History:

A riff on the classic Gimlet created in 1983 by the famous bartender and cocktail author Charles Schumann of Munich, Germany. This "Schumann's Gimlet" is one of several Gimlet recipes in his 1995 book American Bar book.

SCHUMANN'S GIMLET (1983)
¾ oz lemon juice
1¼oz Rose's lime juice
2 oz gin
Shake well over ice cubes in a shaker, strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Charles Schumann, 1995

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Nutrition:

One serving of Gimlet (Schumann's recipe) contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
15.15% alc./vol. (15.15° proof)
18.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal

20th June 2023 at 08:54

Made this with Beefeater gin and my own homemade lime cordial. Really delicious and bracingly tart, but just balanced enough.

G. M. Genovese

14th March at 05:10

I was just about to say practically the same thing. Used Tanqueray. Did your cordial have citric acid in it? I like how puckering it is, but my eyes are starting to water.

Myxo Gastrid

1st October 2022 at 19:24

need to try this with anything but Rose's

Florian Ruf

21st June 2022 at 14:56

I made the cocktail with Monin Lime Cordial and had to add a barspoon Sugar Syrup, although my taste is on the dryer side.

Felicia Stratton

5th June 2022 at 23:07

Rose’s in the US 2022 is high fructose corn syrup. Blech. If possible, make your own.

Jim Plante

14th May 2022 at 00:35

This is a great drink and very refreshing. I used Beefeaters London Dry Gin, skimped just slightly on the Roses, I prefer dryer drinks in general, but if you like them sweeter, go for it!

Jeff Miller

1st January 2022 at 04:45

Tasty and goes down quickly, but I should have trusted my instinct and reduced the lime cordial. I used Tanqueray Rangpur and was hoping to taste gin, but the citruses overpowered it. As Eva S. said, it's more of a Gin-garita.

Eva S.

4th May 2021 at 02:19

Found a recipe for homemade lime cordial, so had to give this a try. Really delicious. Simple and tasty. Like a Gin Margarita!

simon kitchen

29th June 2020 at 16:10

Having tried this a couple of times, I have tweaked this recipe a bit and go 1 measure of lime juice and try not to let the ice dilute the cocktail too much. I found the Roses made it a fraction too sweet for me, but I didn't want to lose the lime "hit".

simon kitchen

7th April 2020 at 16:43

Surprised by this cocktail, very refreshing and clean tasting. Why isn’t it on more cocktail bar menus, too simple perhaps ?

Simon Difford

8th April 2020 at 11:16

Agreed. Perhaps a sigma behind lime cordial. Sadly, Roses in the UK is a lesser product I’ve come across in other countries. Ironic considering where it originated.