The best Gimlets in London
The gimlet is admired for its simplicity: gin, lime juice, occasionally soda. But it’s also a good base from which to experiment. Here are five of the best new gimlets.
Mint Gun Club
New Stokey joint Mint Gun Club serves cacao-nib gin with kaffir lime cordial and Wolfschmidt Kummel liqueur, a heady aniseed and caraway mixture.
£5, 4a Brooke Road, N16, onesour.com
Reverend J W Simpson
Subterranean cocktail bar Reverend J W Simpson has The Bard: Hendrick’s shaken with Kamm & Sons, fresh lemon, rose syrup and egg white.
£11.50, 32 Goodge Street, W1, revjwsimpson.com
Dishoom
The East India Gimlet at Dishoom maintains most of the purity of the original: Portobello Road gin served with Rose’s lime juice and topped up simply with celery bitters.
£7.50, 5 Stable Street, N1, dishoom.com
The best bars in London
Artesian Bar
On the Perception menu at the Artesian there is the Cocoon: Tanqueray No 10 served with fortified rose and garnished with lemon thyme, lovage and bay. Fragrant.
£18, 1C Portland Place, W1, artesian-bar.co.uk
69 Colebrooke Row
You’re in safe hands with master mixologist Tony Conigliaro here. Try his Nettle Collins at this shadowy N1 bar: nettle gin with nettle syrup, soda water and sour verjus.
£10.50, 69 Colebrooke Row, N1, 69colebrookerow.com
