June 6th, 2012
„We sat in the corner bar at Victor’s and drank gimlets. “They don’t know how to make them here,” he said. “What they call a gimlet is just some lime or lemon juice and gin with a dash of sugar and bitters. A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats martinis hollow.” 
from Raymond Chandler’s „The Long Goodbye“

„We sat in the corner bar at Victor’s and drank gimlets. “They don’t know how to make them here,” he said. “What they call a gimlet is just some lime or lemon juice and gin with a dash of sugar and bitters. A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats martinis hollow.” 

from Raymond Chandler’s „The Long Goodbye“

March 1st, 2012
Bookster Drink: Singapore Sling
1 oz gin 1½ oz cherry brandy 1½ oz grenadine syrup splash sweet and sour mix fill with club soda

Bookster Drink: Singapore Sling

1 oz gin
1½ oz cherry brandy
1½ oz grenadine syrup
splash sweet and sour mix
fill with club soda