welcome back to the gents lounge we're here with Misha again literally the reason I like gin and today we're going to a gin cocktail called the gin gimlet alright so let's get started uh gin gimlet is a pretty classic drink it's one of my favorites a lot of people don't realize they like gin until they have this cocktail ah one of those people literally he's like let me make your gin cocktail and I was like gin is not my drink sir yeah I have yet to have gin oh this is my first time so we ever ever all right just just assume you don't like it well I've had it but she can't just pine trees yeah tastes like Christmas right there's a lot more to gin than that it's a very simple cocktail it's a gin lime juice and simple syrup really easy to miss three three ingredients it's all it takes but when you're using fresh limes make gin tastes good yeah right write that down okay when you're using fresh limes it really really opens things up so none of that bottled concentrate crap this is the stuff you want this is the stuff you want to do you want to get your hand squeezer juice in your in your shape you're cheater Tim though it is cheating and not acceptable if you are that lazy is it okay uh nobody's gonna blame you for it but your cocktails are gonna suck yeah so yeah go the extra mile go to the grocery store go to lower cam seconds yeah get a little bit of a workout squeeze that forearm right there yeah squeeze your lines in there you know get a get it going so you want to get an ounce of lime juice so we pour an ounce of lime juice into our cheater tin now we are going to take our one and a half and three quarter [ __ ] we're going to use three quarters of simple syrup now a good cocktail rule is for every one ounce of lime juice 3/4 of simple syrup will always work so pour that it's now into your cheaters in then you're going to take this lovely aviation American Jim good stuff so we're going to use two ounces of this Jim you know it's not too botanical but it still got some juniper notes it's got some citrus notes in their tune it's got a really clear nose it's really tasty yeah absolutely those two ounces of gin 3/4 ounce simple syrup what else a lot yeah that's and that's it that's all we not the gimlet yeah that is a gin gimlet so you fill up your cheater tin with some ice you're going to take the bigger big part of your shaker and you're going to give it a nice little nice little slam so that locks up in that way you know you're not killing any of your cocktail now when you shake your cocktail you're going to want to be really aggressive with it nice little shake dump out the rest into the big tins make sure to hit all of it taking my Hawthorne strainer putting it into the big tin and then I personally like to use this fine strainer it's not essential but it's definitely a nice personal preference to say yes absolutely it's supposed to be up huh yeah it's supposed to be up you know it's a good cocktail could you a stream of onion up means it's ah like a martini would be up you know no ice it just means chilled by shaking with that yeah shake Webster's well martini stirred and then uh yeah I'm Lester James Bond's kid he's fine we're gonna color nice little garnish out of our lime and have a wheel and this is our gin gimlet learn how I love gin yeah enjoy this is how you love gin also Virginia's the Alcoholics liquor this is delicious suspect refreshing yeah it's really easy to drink and there's two ounces of liquor in there so it's just as strong as an old fashioned Wow so this would be good for a meaty frame for ladies for you know a hot summer day it depends on the context I like to drink these in springtime you know they're really tasty I mean like this is a good basic cocktail to learn because you can make so many other cocktails by adding and subtracting some ingredients so we should just made the gin gimlet for us that's a another one of the three cocktails that we think should be in our home bar essentials and along with the old-fashioned and the sidecar which you can click links around here and they will be there so you can learn how to make those and be sure to subscribe like comment below try to make this at home let us know what you think if you like Jane if you don't like gin if you like gin after you try this drink you will good people just you've heard it