Unicorn Gimlet

Color-Changing Gimlet

The Unicorn Gimlet is a crisp, bright cocktail that perfectly pairs the sweet and sour of a classic gimlet with the lighter botanicals of Unicorn Distillery vodka. Where the juniper botanicals of gin are too heavy, and the classic vodka gimlet is too stark, a Unicorn Gimlet is just right. To discover what’s in a vodka gimlet, keep reading.

Ingredients

4 oz Unicorn Butterfly Pea Vodka
½ oz fresh lime juice
½ oz simple syrup
Ice
Lime wheel

Instructions

Store your bottle of Unicorn Butterfly Pea Vodka in the freezer to keep it ice cold. Pour directly into a chilled martini glass. Add lime juice, simple syrup, and ice to a cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds. Strain the lime juice mixture into the cocktail glass and watch the drink change to a soft purple. Garnish with a lime wheel.

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TIME
5 minutes

SERVINGS
1 cocktail

DIFFICULTY
Moderate

NUTRITION
– 225 calories

– Gluten-free

– 7g carbs

– 7g sugar

*Nutrition information is based on averages. Different mixers and ingredients will vary.

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The Color-Changing Gimlet

The key to a good vodka gimlet is the temperature: It must be ice cold. A traditional or vodka gimlet is traditionally mixed and chilled in a cocktail shaker, and a Unicorn Gimlet can also be prepared this way. Your color-changing vodka will pour into the shaker in its all-natural cobalt blue hue and strain out in a soft purple — transformed by the acidic lime juice.

History of the Gimlet

The classic gimlet, made with gin, was first described in 1928. The favored proportion of gin and lime juice has fluctuated over the decades.

During vodka’s rise to fame in the ‘90s, it became a popular substitute for gin in the gimlet cocktail. Modern variations include the french gimlet and the basil gimlet.

The Unicorn Vodka Gimlet is the most modern evolution of this classic cocktail, winning over gin and vodka fans with light botanicals and crisp, clean vodka.