Cheers Y'all: The Gimlet

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A friend of mine (& fellow mom of twins) has been mixing up Gimlets all summer, and all summer I have been meaning to try one of these little cocktails.  So I finally got around to it, and I must say, I wholeheartedly understand the love affair Jerris has with this little beverage.  It is both sweet & sour and the gin gives it a wonderful herbal undertone.  It is summer in a cocktail glass, perfect for enjoying on the porch next to your container herb garden!

I mixed mine up and served in one of my Grandmother, May May's Cape Cod glasses.  As these glasses were always used for juice in her household, I am not sure what she would think, but aren't they beautiful?

Ingredients

2 oz. Gin

1 oz. fresh lime juice

1/2 oz. simple syrup

Mix three ingredients in a shaker, pour over ice and serve with a lime wedge.  

*If you use Rose's lime juice you probably will not need to use the simple syrup) 

*French Gimlet- I have a love affair with St. Germain, and so I added an ounce of it to the Gimlet and it was divine! 

Cheers, y'all!