Gimlet Cocktail

Gimlet Cocktail Story

Originally made with gin and lime juice to ward off scurvy while at sea, the gimlet’s clean flavor profile soon captured the hearts of civilians like Raymond Chandler, whose character Philip Marlowe says, in the 1953 novel The Long Goodbye, that “a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s lime juice and nothing else.” Like Bond’s Vesper Martini, the Gimlet permeated the cultural vernacular, appearing in the zeitgeist time and time again (see: Mad Men). Modern interpretations include altering the ratio of Rose’s or eliminating it altogether, instead incorporating a combination of fresh lime juice and simple syrup to taste.