In the Raymond Chandler novel The Long Goodbye, a character famously describes a Gimlet as ‘half gin, half Rose’s Lime Juice and nothing else’. Indeed, that is how the recipe is originally set down in the famous Savoy Cocktail book of 1930. We were pretty excited about this as Rose’s Lime Cordial was first produced in Leith, where we make our gin. However, after much experimentation we decided that to make the ultimate Gimlet, it’s got to be fresh lime juice. Maybe it just wasn’t as easy to come by in 1930…

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