The Spirit
Bushmans Gin — loaded with native Australian botanicals. Earthy, slightly resinous, with a clean finish that makes citrus sing alongside it.
What You'll Need — serves 1
- 60 ml Bushmans Gin
- 25 ml fresh lime juice — always fresh, never bottled
- 15 ml honey syrup (2 parts honey dissolved in 1 part warm water)
- Half a wheel of cucumber
- Ice
Glass: Chilled coupe
Garnish: Cucumber wheel, fresh herbs optional
Instructions
- Muddle the cucumber gently in the base of a cocktail shaker — press it once or twice, don''t pulverise. You want flavour, not mush.
- Add gin, lime juice and honey syrup.
- Fill the shaker with ice and shake hard for 10–12 seconds.
- Double-strain through both your shaker''s strainer and a fine mesh sieve into a chilled coupe.
- Float a thin cucumber wheel on the surface.
The Story
A Gimlet is gin, citrus, sweetener — that''s it. There''s nowhere to hide a mediocre spirit in a drink this simple, which is exactly why Bushmans Gin is the right choice. The native botanicals add an earthy complexity that elevates the whole thing past "just a sour gin cocktail" into something genuinely interesting.
Honey syrup instead of simple syrup rounds the edges in a way that works with Bushmans'' character.
> Chill your coupe in the freezer for 5 minutes before pouring. It matters.
