Gimlet: Gin Plus Lime Juice Equals Awesome

I used to drink gimlets eons ago. Tried one recently, and was horrified - Rose's lime juice is now made with high fructose corn syrup! The drink came out cloyingly sweet. I'll never use Rose's again.

To have a true gin gimlet, you must use Rose's lime juice and no tonic or soda. Using fresh lime juice you have a gin with a twist. or by topping off with soda or tonic, a Gin Rickey

Cut to chase: Tanqueray Rangpur. Good lime flavor without the chemical equations or mixing.

I tried this recipe (real lime juice rather than roses though) and simply felt like I had wasted a precious portion of my tanqueray ten. I'd agree with the others who go for a bit less of the lime juice so that you can actually taste the gin (maybe roses is less flavorful then fresh juice or something...). I love lime but this wasnt much more than drinking straight lime juice.

This is the traditional way of making a gimlet. New age gimlets are more about the gin experience, but the real experience comes from the melding of the gins complexities with the tartness of lime. Its wonderful

Wow, that's the highest ratio I've seen of Rose's to gin! I much prefer 2 parts gin to 1 part Roses.