\nwant to fuss too much. I love me a Corpse Reviver No. 2, but when I've
\ngotten home from a long day and have been packed in a subway car and am
\nfeeling parched and gummy, I want something a little less painstaking.
\nI've been subsisting on cooling drinks that are relatively simple, but
\nnonetheless refreshing. The Americano<\/a>. The Old-Fashioned<\/a>. The Jack
\nRose<\/a>. And, what I made for myself yesterday evening after I arrived home,
\nkissed the best gal, and showered off the stickiness: the Gimlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Raymond Chandler's take on the Gimlet<\/a> from The Long Goodbye<\/em> is of course well-known and deserves to be quoted here:<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span>It Now, I've noticed a few bars in Manhattan that tout their Gimlets
\ntruly is hard to beat the combination of gin and lime, though
\nChandler's proportions aren't quite to my taste; they can lead to a
\nsticky-sweet drink, and isn't banishing stickiness the whole point of
\nthis exercise? We need something appealingly incisive — like the
\ndrink's namesake<\/a> — to cut through the goo.<\/p>\n
\nmade with nothing but gin and fresh lime juice. Far be it from me to
\ndecry any barkeep who squeezes their own citrus, but fresh lime juice in a Gimlet is a little spiky and too acidic for my tastes. So, I prefer it with a combination of Rose's and fresh. I tend to have to tinker with the proportions, given the acidity of the limes, but here's what I've been enjoying:<\/p>\n
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