Gimlet

PH factor: 8.5

Recipe

Ingredients:

Cocktail

o 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire

gin

o ½ ounce Rose’s Sweetened

Lime Juice

Garnish

o lime wheel

Method:

1. Shake over ice.

2. Strain into a cocktail glass.

3. Garnish with lime wheel.

Remarks:

The gimlet was named after the

Royal Navy surgeon Sir Thomas

Gimlette, who served from 1879

to 1913. Sir Thomas was looking

to combat scurvy. He discovered

Rose’s Lime Cordial and ensured

it was available on all the many

Royal Navy vessels.

The cordial which was produced

and patented by Lauchlan Rose,

a Scottish entrepreneur, who was

eternally grateful to Sir Thomas,

was also the world’s first fruit

concentrate.

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