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Shake all ingredients except the soda water WITHOUT ICE very vigorously for at least one minute, preferably longer -- the longer the better. Then add ice and shake for 1-2 minutes, as long as you can manage, until extremely cold and frothy. Strain into a tall thin glass (no ice), or a very large old fashioned glass, and top with soda water. Stir gently.

History

First appears in print in Kappeler's Modern American Drinks (1895) as the "New Orleans Fizz", using juice of half a lemon, 1/2 tablespoon fine sugar, 1 jigger (2 oz) Old Tom gin, 1/2 jigger milk or cream, and soda water. This recipe follows "New Orleans DRINKS and how to mix 'em" by Stanley Clisby Arthur, 1937.

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From the Knowledge Vault

The Gimlet

Naval Gimlet made with homemade lime cordial

“that which I have seene most fruitful is sower [sour] oranges and lemons . . . I wish that some learned man would write of it [scurvy], for it is the plague of the sea, and the spoyle of mariners.”

— Sir Richard Hawkins, 1590

A gimlet is a small hand drill, meant (back when things were still sealed in barrels) to drill a hole in a barrel and let whatever was put inside out. A gimlet pierces things, and so people with a sharp gaze were “gimlet-eyed”. A Gimlet also pierces. Made from gin and lime, it’s meant to be a short, sharp drink tossed down the hatch, but modern, craft oriented bartenders take one look at the neon-green, corn syrup filled Rose’s lime juice that’s supposed to go into the drink and think about either making their own lime cordial or simply substituting fresh lime juice and sugar. And I don’t think they’re wrong.

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Recent Discussion

Re Louisiane and Maine, 1 day ago danoman89 commented:
Go easy on the absinthe or it will overwhelm
Re Songbird, 1 day ago danoman89 commented:
Really good though unfortunately just makes me want a Last Word
Re You're My Boy Blue, 1 day ago danoman89 commented:
Really quite lovely. Blueberries and lemon are perfect, and the elderflower really sinks right into the drink in a lovely way
Re Mid-Atlantic, 1 day ago Biff Malibu commented:
Need to dial down the Punt e Mes
Re Smoke, Nearby, 1 day ago Shawn C commented:
It should be "each" but "brandied cherry" in the KC ingredients list had default units of oz. (The recipe says to put cherry on the bottom, and if the syrup was required it should be clearly stated and can be listed as "cherry syrup".) I have corrected the recipe, and updated the KC brandied cherry ingredient default unit to "each".