Friday night I decided to make us Creole Gimlets, partly because I had four lime wedges that we hadn't used during dinner. In complete defiance of one of the so called golden rules of mixing cocktails, I poured the gin first, five ounces of it to be exact. Then the falernum. Then I went looking for the Rose's lime cordial which I own ONLY for making gimlets. Except I couldn't find it.
So I pivoted. I didn't want to use fresh lime juice because that's not the same thing, but I wasn't sure what to do instead. I wasn't about to just dump five ounces of perfectly fine gin (Bombay Sapphire ftr). So I added some simple syrup, a tad less than the amount of cordial that had been called for in the original specs. And then threw the limes wedges into the shaker. Added a few dashes Peychauds and shakey shakey. (In retrospect, I could have muddled the lime wedges first).
The resulting drink was most definitely not a gimlet by any stretch of the imagination. The husband didn't care for it at all. But you know, I kinda liked it. Happy little accident that I would actually make again.
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