Gin Gimlet Shot
Gin and fresh lime in a bracingly tart shooter — the Gimlet condensed, a Royal Navy-rooted classic whose botanical and citrus balance Raymond Chandler made famous.
- 1½ ozgin
- ½ ozfresh lime juice(freshly squeezed)
- ½ ozsimple syrup
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The Gimlet is one of the most historically straightforward cocktails, with origins most authorities trace to the British Royal Navy and maritime medicine of the 19th century. Sailors were prescribed lime juice to prevent scurvy — vitamin C deficiency that plagued long voyages — and preserved lime cordial was the practical solution aboard ships. The naval habit of combining it with gin produced what eventually became the Gimlet. The drink is referenced in Raymond Chandler's 1953 novel The Long Goodbye, where Philip Marlowe describes the genuine article as 'half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else.' The Gin Gimlet Shot condenses this clean, bracingly tart profile into shooter format — a miniaturized version that preserves the essential spirit-citrus tension that has made the Gimlet an enduring classic for over a century.
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