Vodka Gimlet Cocktail

Vodka Gimlet Cocktail Story

Originally made with gin and lime juice to ward off scurvy, the gimlet’s clean flavor profile inspired variations once spirits like vodka permeated the American bar scene in the 1940s. While Philip Marlowe declares in Raymond Chandler’s seminal novel, The Long Goodbye, that “a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s lime juice and nothing else,” modern interpretations include substituting liquors, altering the ratio of Rose’s, or eliminating it altogether, instead incorporating a combination of fresh lime juice and simple syrup to taste.