Pineapple Gimlet
Pineapple rounds off the gimlet's sharp edges, giving it a fuller, softer body while the lime keeps the acid bright. Shaken hard, it comes up cold and lightly frothy. It wants a gin with real juniper and citrus peel behind it; a soft floral bottle vanishes under the fruit.
- 50 ml
- gin
- 30 ml
- pineapple
- 20 ml
- lime
- 15 ml
- sugar
Shaken hard with pineapple and lime cordial, strained up.
From the collection — 1 bottle
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Gunpowder Irish Gin with Brazilian Pineapple
The Brazilian pineapple and gunpowder tea give lime cordial something to lean on, and 43% carries the drink without dilution flattening it.