Gimlet
Sours · Gin
- Strength
- 14.6%
- Std. drinks
- 1.01
- Calories
- 162
- Sugar
- 15.8 g
- 1½ ozPlymouth gin45 ml
- 1½ ozRose’s lime juice cordial45 ml
The ratio · 1 : 1
Highlighted: not in the Ve.N.To.
Head to head
Gimlet and Ve.N.To side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
They have no ingredient in common: the Gimlet has gin and lime cordial, the Ve.N.To grappa, lemon juice, honey syrup and chamomile cordial. In parts, a Gimlet is 1 gin and 1 lime cordial; a Ve.N.To is 3 grappa, 1½ lemon, 1 honey and 1 chamomile. By volume, the Gimlet is 50% syrup and sugar and 50% spirit; the Ve.N.To is 46% spirit, 31% syrup and sugar and 23% citrus. Different bottles, similar balance: that makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Gimlet is the stronger drink in the glass (14.6% ABV against 11.5%), but being smaller it holds about the same alcohol (1.01 standard drinks each). Calories and sugar are close: about 162 and 167 calories, 15.8 g and 16.1 g of sugar. The Gimlet is stirred and served in a coupe; the Ve.N.To is shaken and served in a rocks glass.
Sours · Gin
The ratio · 1 : 1
Highlighted: not in the Ve.N.To.
Sours · Grappa
The ratio · 3 : 1½ : 1 : 1
Highlighted: not in the Gimlet.
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