Limey

Name: Limey
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Lime flavoured vodka; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 5 ml Lime cordial; 3 dash Aromatic bitters; 15 ml Chilled water

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Lime flavoured vodka
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
3 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Martini glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Limey contains 97 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.19% alc./vol. (32.38° proof)
19.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created by yours truly (Simon Difford) in 2001 and named this drink after the British Naval tradition of mixing lime juice with spirits in an attempt to prevent scurvy. This practice gained British sailors the nickname 'limeys'.

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Review

A rust coloured drink with a delicately sour flavour.

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