{"id":35826,"date":"2025-11-23T03:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=35826"},"modified":"2025-11-23T03:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:33:08","slug":"the-gimlet-fiction-vs-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=35826","title":{"rendered":"The Gimlet &#8211; Fiction Vs Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:206,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@rebeccaromney?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240312080954\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@rebeccaromney?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:21:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:21:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:207,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/noir?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250617025455\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/noir?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:22:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:22:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:208,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/cocktails?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415015212\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/cocktails?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:32:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:500}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:32:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:500},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:209,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/rarebooks?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415015307\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/rarebooks?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:32:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:32:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:210,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/booktok?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260327192231\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/booktok?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:24:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:24:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:211,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/gimlet?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415015318\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/tag\\\/gimlet?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:32:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:500}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:32:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:500},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:212,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/music\\\/original-sound-7570128087956065037?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415015319\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/music\\\/original-sound-7570128087956065037?refer=embed&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:32:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:32:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>If you are a fan of old hard-boiled detective novels, the name Philip Marlowe evokes memories. Marlowe was Raymond Chandler&#8217;s prototypical private eye and appeared in seven of his novels. He was played on the big screen by none other than Humphrey Bogart.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35827\" style=\"width:581px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.png 657w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In Chandler&#8217;s The Long Goodbye (1953), Marlowe&#8217;s friend Terry Lennox opined,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe sat in a corner of the bar at Victor\u2019s and drank gimlets. \u2018They don\u2019t know how to make them here,\u2019 he said. \u2018What 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\u2019s Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats martinis hollow.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t disagree with Lennox&#8217;s assertion that it &#8220;beats martinis hollow&#8221; but the recipe I followed tonight was actually 2\/5ths Rose&#8217;s Lime Juice and 3\/5ths gin. That was the recipe from the bottle of Rose&#8217;s Lime Juice. I have also done a gimlet with 50\/50 gin and Rose&#8217;s Lime Juice with a teaspoon of simple syrup added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bookstore owner Rebecca Romney who has Chandler&#8217;s own copy of Trader Vic&#8217;s Bartenders Guide just published a short video discussing this. As you will see, Chandler&#8217;s notes on the gimlet had a somewhat different recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@rebeccaromney\/video\/7570128013392661774\" data-video-id=\"7570128013392661774\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@rebeccaromney\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@rebeccaromney?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@rebeccaromney<\/a> Philip Marlowe\u2019s REAL gimlet recipe in Raymond Chandler\u2019s The Long Goodbye \u2014 using Chandler\u2019s personal copy of a famous cocktail book. On display this weekend at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair in the Hynes Convention Center. Come visit and see! <a title=\"noir\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/noir?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#noir<\/a> <a title=\"cocktails\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cocktails?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#cocktails<\/a> <a title=\"rarebooks\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/rarebooks?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#rarebooks<\/a> <a title=\"booktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/booktok?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#booktok<\/a> <a title=\"gimlet\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/gimlet?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#gimlet<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Rebecca Romney\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7570128087956065037?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Rebecca Romney<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Either way, fiction or reality, the gimlet is a good and easy drink to make.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a fan of old hard-boiled detective novels, the name Philip Marlowe evokes memories. 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