Tarragon Gimlet or Rickey

I'm not a big fan of strained cocktails, so I almost always make cocktails with ice ("on the rocks"), but you can certainly mix them with ice and then strain them into a glass. A gimlet has a very definite lime taste, but the addition of tarragon syrup gives the drink a bit of anise flavor, as well as taking the edge off of the lime juice. By adding some club soda you can make this into a "rickey," a drink supposedly named for a Democrat and lobbyist from Missouri, although initially is was made with bourbon.   

I consulted this great website for this cocktail: https://thecocktailnovice.com/

Ingredients:

1 to 1 1/2 ounces gin 
1 ounce lime juice
1 to 1 1/2 ounce tarragon syrup*
ice

Add the ingredients to a rocks glass (also called an "old fashioned glass"), stir. 

For a rickey use a somewhat larger glass and the same recipe, but:
add club soda or mineral water to fill

* For easy to make tarragon syrup:  https://pontificating-randy.blogspot.com/2020/03/herbal-syrups-tarragon.html


Tarragon Gimlet ...

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