Sign up for the Small Screen Email Newsletter: Be the first to know when new episodes air on our site!How to Make a Gimlet CocktailThe Gimlet is an old style navy drink most likely invented when sailors in the British navy mixed their ration of gin with lime juice. A 1953 description was: "a real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else" (Terry Lennox in Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye). Thus, Robert Hess shows you how to make a gimlet with Hendrick's Gin and Rose's Lime Juice, going against the idea that fresh is always better. Watch on Small Screen: Recipe:2 oz Hendrick's Gin34 oz Rose's Lime JuiceInstructions:Shake with ice.Strain into a cocktail glass.