Gimlet琴蕾
Flavour
- Taste
- SourSweet
- Colour
- Clear
- Style
- Short drink
Ingredients
- Gin45 ml
- Lime Juice15 ml
Served
- Glass
- Martini glass
- Ice
- Served up
- Garnish
- Lime wheel
- Technique
- Shake
Method
Shake the gin and lime juice with ice until cold, strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lime wheel.
About this drink
The Gimlet grew out of the Royal Navy's lime ration: lime juice kept with sugar and spirit, and gin to drink it with. Accounts of the name differ — a naval surgeon called Gimlette is one explanation, the boring tool of the same name another.