Vodka Gimlet Recipe | Dishes Delish (2024)

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Vodka, fresh lime juice and simple syrup are all you need to make a vodka gimlet. Simply combine the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Then shake vigorously and strain into a glass. Because the botanicals of gin feature prominently in the traditional gimlet, choose your vodka with care.

Vodka, fresh lime juice and simple syrup are all you need to make a vodka gimlet. Simply combine the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Then shake vigorously and strain into a glass. Because the botanicals of gin feature prominently in the traditional gimlet, choose your vodka with care.

Stone Barrington Freezer Door Gimlet

Pour six ounces from a 750 ml. bottle of vodka (you'll think of something to do with it), and replace with Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice, and a tiny bit of water. Shake, and put in the freezer overnight. The water will create ice shards.

However you take it, a gimlet is traditionally served in a chilled coupe, martini glass, or over ice in a rocks glass.

Nutrition: One serving of Vodka Gimlet contains 186 calories.

What are common well drinks? Vodka soda, vodka cranberry screwdriver, Moscow mule, dirty Shirley, madras, kamikaze, gin and tonic, gin buck, gimlet, Cuba libre, daiquiri, mojito, dark and stormy, margarita, tequila sunrise, whiskey sour, whiskey and co*ke, and Long Island iced tea.

It may be named after the tool for drilling small holes (alluding to its "piercing" effect on the drinker) or after the surgeon Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Gimlette (1857–1943), who is said to have first added lime cordial to gin to help combat the ravages of scurvy on long voyages.

If you usually opt for a Gimlet when you're at a bar, you'll most likely pride yourself on being open and honest to those around you.

2) Gibson is a co*cktail made with vodka and vermouth, while a Gimlet is a co*cktail made with vodka and lime juice.

Adding a squeeze of fresh lime juice to your spirit of choice can enhance the overall flavor profile and create a more refreshing experience.

What is the formula for a gimlet? ›

If you want to try this variation, use 2 ounces of gin and 1 ounce of Rose's Lime Juice Cordial. Shake with ice pour into a chilled glass to serve. Vodka Gimlet: To make a Vodka Gimlet, follow our recipe and simply replace the gin with vodka.

The Gimlet is classically stirred but once you've added fresh citrus juice (unless you've clarified your juice) even if stirred this co*cktail won't be perfectly clear. So do as Harry Craddock directs in his 1930 Savoy co*cktail Book and use some elbow grease to shake and invigorate this upper deck's co*cktail.

Bruised: When a co*cktail or martini has be over shaken and pieces of ice and oxygen bubble forms. This results in a cloudy or murky looking co*cktail.

Kombucha-Vodka Highball

If you're looking for an easy co*cktail, you've found it. Combine vodka, fresh lime juice, and simple syrup in an ice-filled highball glass. Top it with kombucha and garnish with a lime wedge. That's it.

Vodka is the alcohol with the lowest calories, at around 100 calories per shot (that's a 50ml double-measure). Whisky is slightly more, at roughly 110 calories a shot. Gin and tequila are also 110 calories a shot.

Maybe it was the only one you could find in the cabinet – or perhaps you didn't believe it made a difference to the drinking experience when consuming a martini. But now we know better. You serve a gin gimlet in a coupe and a gin and tonic is better in a gin glass.

A simple, classic co*cktail—just gin (or vodka), lime, and sugar—the gimlet is one of the gems among classic co*cktails, with a long history stretching from the high seas to Madison Avenue.

Ordering "a gimlet" will get you shakened gin and lime juice, with a dash of soda. If you want to up your gin preference, you'll of course need to state your gin preference (there is a pointed theme going here), and note the drink is classically served up and not on the rocks.

The gimlet is a fascinating blend of flavors and stories. A gimlet is to gin what a daiquiri is to rum, since they are both made using a simple mixture of a spirit, lime juice, and sugar.