The Cocktail Spirit - How to Make Gimlet

The Gimlet is an old style navy drink most likely invented when sailors in the British navy mixed their ration of gin with lime juice. A 1953 description was: "a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else" (Terry Lennox in Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye). Thus, Robert Hess shows you how to make a gimlet with Hendrick's Gin and Rose's Lime Juice, going against the idea that fresh is always better. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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• how to make a gimlet
• british navy
• gimlet
• robert hess
• hendrick s gin

[PanBarmarz]

Great knowledge , great charisma ,great videos. RESPECT!

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. but shake like pussy :)

[user98xp]

Simple, yet delicious.

[rbh0869]

Arexor, I typically keep my glasses in the freezer, so chilling them down again isn't necessary. I do try to remember to show pre-chilling the glasses in my videos, but it doesn't always happen :-> For a garnish, you could of course use a lime wedge, or even a simple lime twist. For Roses, since it is a bottled product, I suppose I could garnish it with the bottle cap?

[Arexor]

So you're not using any kind of garnish for this one? And isn't it smart to chill down the cocktail glass before straining the drink into it? Just asking for tips and advices :)