How To Make The Death in the Gulf Stream Cocktail - Building A Drink: Your Ultimate Guide to Mixed Drink and Cocktail Recipes

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Death in the Gulf Stream
INGREDIENTS
  • 2 oz  gin
  • 1½ oz  fresh lime juice
  • Pinch of superfine sugar
  • 3 to 4 splashes Angostura bitters
  • Garnish: Lime peel spiral

INSTRUCTIONS
Pour the gin and lime juice into an ice-filled highball glass. Add the sugar and bitters and stir to combine. Twist the lime peel spiral over the drink, and drop it in.

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NOTES
Ernest Hemingway created this hangover remedy, although there is a bit of speculation as to the exact time and place. come attribute it to the Hotel Ritz in London, in 1922, others to a drink of his dated later, from 1937 in Key West. Hemingway's preference was for the more intensely pungent Holland gin, but a good-quality London dry gin is equally suitable. Either way, according to Hemingway, "it's tart and bitter-reviving and refreshing."
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