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The Gimlet is a Cocktail consisting of Gin, and Sweetened Lime Juice.
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The Gimlet is a cocktail consisting of gin and sweetened lime cordial (Rose's is standard).  
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==Common Recipes==
 
==Common Recipes==
  
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Recipe#1: Cocktaldb.com
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This drink is widely believed to be invented by Dr. Thomas Gimlette, here is an early printing of the doctor:
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First report of the Royal commission on opium: with Minutes of ... - Page 95 by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Opium, Lakshmiswar Singh (maharajah of Darbhanga), Thomas Brassey Brassey (Earl) in 1894
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"Surgeon-Major Gimlette, MD, called in and examined. Surg.-Maj. Gimlette, MV 7 Feb. 1894. Surg.-Maj. Gimlette"
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It appears he was a Doctor in Royal service, however, there is nothing supporting he was ever in the Royal Navy.  Dr. Gimlette was involved in a few medical publications as seen here:
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Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London: Volume 8 - Page 113 by Epidemiological Society of London in 1889
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"ABSTRACT OF PAPER ON BERI-BERI BY STAFF- SURGEON TD GIMLETTE, RK By H. TURNBULL, MD, Fleet-Surgeon RN (Read: April 10th. ... Beri-beri' is very common in Singapore and the Straits Settlements, where Dr. Gimlette was recently stationed"
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There is really no evidence that Gimlette ever prescribed Gin and Lime juice for any ailment, especially not scurvy, but he might have.  The gin mixture was used long before Gimlettes time and might date to the 18th century. Here is an early printing of the exact mixture itself, in this publication it is used to fight cholera:
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Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection - Page 129 in 1852 (dr goodeve chuckerbutty on cholera - ordered gin mixture)
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"ordered gin mixture (gin, sugar, water, lime juice) every four hours."
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By 1929 this drink was served in a Claret glass and called for Lime Juice Cordial as seen here:
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Because I've not been there before: Being extracts from the ... by Oswald Lewis in 1929
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"You take a claret glass, half fill it with gin and lime- juice in equal proportions (fresh limes with a little sugar added for choice, otherwise lime-juice cordial), fill it up with crushed ice, stir, and drink through a straw."
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This drink dates between 1839 - 1845 (May date far earlier) and contained at least as of then:
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Shake these ingredients with cracked ice.
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Gin
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Lime Juice
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Strain into a claret glass filled with crushed ice.
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===Cocktaildb.com===
  
 
*Shake with ice and strain
 
*Shake with ice and strain
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*Serve in a cocktail glass (4.5 oz)
 
*Serve in a cocktail glass (4.5 oz)
  
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In 1867 a Scottish merchant named Lauchlin Rose patented a process for preserving lime juice without the use of alcohol (pre 1867 shipments of lime juice were typically preserved using demerara rum). This development combined with the Merchant Shipping Act of 1867 which mandated that British merchant ships carry dailly rations of lime juice for the crew to combat scurvey led to the spread of Rose's Lime Juice cordial throughout the British Empire.
 
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Given the mandated lime juice ration, along with the dailly ration of spirits (rum was still a staple, though gin was also common and favoured by many officers) its was inevitable that the two liquids would eventually find their way into the same cup.
 
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Credit for mixing the first juice with gin is typically given to a surgeon, Sir Thomas D.Gimlette, who joined the navy in 1879 and retired as surgeon general in 1913. Popular lore has it that Gimlette, an officer, induced his messmates to take their anti-scorbutic by mixing it with gin, and the new concoction was named in his honor. A related theory posits that Gimlette was concerned with his mens heavy drinking, so he diluted their gin with lime juice. While this likely would have done little to reduce their consumption, it did make for a more flavourful beveredge, and the new drink was duly anointed with his name. A rival theory suggests that the drink was named for the corkscrew- like tool that was reportedly sent with lime juice containers to British colonies in the late eighteenth century.
 
  
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*Source, history and character of the Gimlet, Paul Clarke, Mixologist the journal of the american cocktail. Mixellany 2005
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==="Vintage Cocktails" by Susan Waggoner and Robert Markel (1999)===
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[[Category:Recipes]]
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*1 1/2 oz Gin
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*1/2 oz Lime juice
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*Lime wedge garnish
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While most prefer this cocktail on the rocks, a few prefer it straight up.
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==Notes==
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Many bars, especially in Minnesota, garnish a gimlet with a hazelnut.
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==Common theories for the name==
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*Named after a corkscrew like implement sent with and used to open lime juice containers around the British Empire post 1867.
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*Named after Sir Thomas D. Gimlette who joined the Navy in 1879 and retired as surgeon general in 1913. Gimlette promoted the mixing of lime juice with gin to ward off scurvy in his crew.
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==Similar Cocktails==
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*[[Kamikaze]]
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*[[Vodka Gimlet]]
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*[[Martini]] on the rocks
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Latest revision as of 00:36, 4 March 2014

The Gimlet is a cocktail consisting of gin and sweetened lime cordial (Rose's is standard).

Contents

[edit] Common Recipes

This drink is widely believed to be invented by Dr. Thomas Gimlette, here is an early printing of the doctor:

First report of the Royal commission on opium: with Minutes of ... - Page 95 by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Opium, Lakshmiswar Singh (maharajah of Darbhanga), Thomas Brassey Brassey (Earl) in 1894

"Surgeon-Major Gimlette, MD, called in and examined. Surg.-Maj. Gimlette, MV 7 Feb. 1894. Surg.-Maj. Gimlette"

It appears he was a Doctor in Royal service, however, there is nothing supporting he was ever in the Royal Navy. Dr. Gimlette was involved in a few medical publications as seen here:

Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London: Volume 8 - Page 113 by Epidemiological Society of London in 1889

"ABSTRACT OF PAPER ON BERI-BERI BY STAFF- SURGEON TD GIMLETTE, RK By H. TURNBULL, MD, Fleet-Surgeon RN (Read: April 10th. ... Beri-beri' is very common in Singapore and the Straits Settlements, where Dr. Gimlette was recently stationed"

There is really no evidence that Gimlette ever prescribed Gin and Lime juice for any ailment, especially not scurvy, but he might have. The gin mixture was used long before Gimlettes time and might date to the 18th century. Here is an early printing of the exact mixture itself, in this publication it is used to fight cholera:

Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection - Page 129 in 1852 (dr goodeve chuckerbutty on cholera - ordered gin mixture)

"ordered gin mixture (gin, sugar, water, lime juice) every four hours."

By 1929 this drink was served in a Claret glass and called for Lime Juice Cordial as seen here:

Because I've not been there before: Being extracts from the ... by Oswald Lewis in 1929

"You take a claret glass, half fill it with gin and lime- juice in equal proportions (fresh limes with a little sugar added for choice, otherwise lime-juice cordial), fill it up with crushed ice, stir, and drink through a straw."


This drink dates between 1839 - 1845 (May date far earlier) and contained at least as of then:

Shake these ingredients with cracked ice.

Gin

Lime Juice

Strain into a claret glass filled with crushed ice.


[edit] Cocktaildb.com

  • Shake with ice and strain
  • 1/3 Lime Juice Cordial
  • 2/3 gin
  • Shake
  • It is the practice to-day to add soda water if required
  • Serve in a cocktail glass (4.5 oz)


[edit] "Vintage Cocktails" by Susan Waggoner and Robert Markel (1999)

  • 1 1/2 oz Gin
  • 1/2 oz Lime juice
  • Lime wedge garnish

While most prefer this cocktail on the rocks, a few prefer it straight up.

[edit] Notes

Many bars, especially in Minnesota, garnish a gimlet with a hazelnut.

[edit] Common theories for the name

  • Named after a corkscrew like implement sent with and used to open lime juice containers around the British Empire post 1867.
  • Named after Sir Thomas D. Gimlette who joined the Navy in 1879 and retired as surgeon general in 1913. Gimlette promoted the mixing of lime juice with gin to ward off scurvy in his crew.

[edit] Similar Cocktails

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