Drinki

Cocktails with gin and lime

3 recipes here use both. None are pourable from those two alone, but 1 is a single ingredient away.

Can make with these

Nothing, on those two alone — every recipe here is a mixed drink and needs at least one more thing. The nearest is the Gimlet, which needs only sugar syrup.

One more ingredient

Other close matches

The one thing to add

Sugar syrup — the only thing between you and a Gimlet.

Do not buy this. Equal parts sugar and hot water, stirred until clear, keeps a month in the fridge and costs pennies. More about sugar syrup.

Questions

What cocktails can you make with gin and lime?
3 recipes on Drinki use both gin and lime: Last Word, Southside and Gimlet.
Can you make anything with just gin and lime and nothing else?
No — every one of these 3 recipes needs at least one more ingredient. The shortest hop is sugar syrup, which is all that stands between you and a Gimlet.
What should you buy next if you have gin and lime?
Sugar syrup — the only thing between you and a Gimlet.

About each one

  • Gin 14 cocktails on Drinki · Juniper first — piney and resinous — then citrus peel, coriander seed and a dry, faintly earthy finish from angelica root
  • Limes 21 cocktails on Drinki · Sharper and more aromatic than lemon, with a faint bitterness in the oils that lemon does not have

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