Death in the Gulf Stream Cocktail Recipe | Building A Drink

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.

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."