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Gillette – Chicago Style

Classic/vintage · Sours (citrus) · Spirit-forward

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Ingredients

2 1/3 oz Old Tom gin
1/2 oz Lime juice
1/4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
2 drop Saline solution 4:1

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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Flavour profile

24.7% alc./vol. · 1.6 standard drinks · 173 calories

History

A precursor to the modern Gimlet, this is a dry, spirit-forward Gin Sour.

This cocktail is adapted from a recipe that first appeared in Tom Bullock's 1917 book, The Ideal Bartender. The "GILLETTE COCKTAIL – Chicago Style" is prepared in a large mixing glass filled with lump ice. It requires the juice of half a lime, 1½ jiggers of Burnette's Old Ton Gin, and ½ teaspoon of bar sugar. The ingredients should be stirred well and then strained into a cocktail glass.

Created by Tom Bullock