Get the recipe for the delicious Gimlet cocktail

Gimlet Drink recipe with Bombay Gin

As you can read in the story below, the original opskrift is based on equal parts gin and Rose's Lime Cordial, but with this opskrift we try to modernize it a bit. It's made with sugar syrup and fresh lime juice, rather than a lime cordial, as we don't need to make a cordial to preserve our juice. Also, most commercially available lime cordials today have a lot of concentrate added, and we prefer the fresh and fruity taste of lime. If you want to make your own cordial, there are several good recipes online, otherwise we can recommend the recipe from the book Bartenderens Cocktails by Nicklas Jørgensen and Jeppe Nothlev.

For gin, we choose a classic, light and elegant gin that gives us a fresh, refreshing and slightly aromatic cocktail.

5cl Bombay Sapphire

3 cl lime juice

2 cl sugar syrup (equal parts water and white Danish sugar)

Shake hard for 8 seconds and serve in a cocktail glass without garnish

Thestory behind Gimlet

"The British Navy has played a crucial role in the history of spirits and cocktails, and this classic gin cocktail, Gimlet, is no exception. The Gimlet is the result of the people of the sea and their travels around the world and long time at sea."

In the 1700s and 1800s, the British Navy was large and sailed the seven seas extensively. As a result, there was a high risk of scurvy among the people on board, as scurvy was thought to be a result of the many factors involved in life at sea*. Several remedies for the disease were tested, and several doctors and surgeons believed that citrus had a preventive effect. Despite these recommendations, it would be almost 200 years before it became part of daily rations. At that time, lime juice was the drink of choice as it was easily accessible through their colonies.

It was a law of the British Royal Family from 1867 that lime juice was to be part of all ships of the British Navy for their crews. Legend has it that only the officers on the ship drank gin, the rest of the crew drank rum. Previously, officers wouldn't be able to drink gin with their lime as the lime was first preserved by mixing it with rum, but that same year, 1867, a Scottish shipyard owner applied for a patent to preserve lime juice with sugar. He named the mixture after himself and Rose's Lime Cordial was born.

The British officers mixed their gin with Rose's Lime Cordial and the first infant version of Grimlet was created. In modern times, we have fairly easy access to both barudstyr and ice, so we don't have to drink a lukewarm 50/50 mix, as it is believed they did back then. Instead, we'd recommend following the recipe above. *We now know that scurvy is the result of vitamin C deficiency

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Gin originates from the Netherlands and is a contraction of the French word for juniper. Mixing alcohol with juniper berries started in the 1600s and was used to treat kidney pain. This spread to England and the English soldiers took a liking to it. The gin was later sold in pharmacies and used for ailments. Today, gin is known for its use in drinks such as gin and tonic, dry Martini and Tom Collins.