🍋 Gimlet

Naval heritage meets modern elegance

🌿 Naval Classic

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a shaker.
  2. Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
  3. Double-strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Pro Tips

⚓ Rose's Lime Controversy

The original used Rose's Lime Cordial – created to prevent scurvy in the Royal Navy. Modern bartenders prefer fresh lime + sugar for quality, but purists insist on Rose's.

📚 Raymond Chandler's Recipe

"A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else." – The Long Goodbye (1953). The fresh lime version is a modern interpretation.

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