Comments on: Lime Wars

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:16:06 +0000

Shhh, Robert!
You gotta be careful around this corner of the blogosphere when you start in with the Rose’s!
Rose’s is a proud old tradition, and one of the omnipresent bar tools in the world. While I’m not a Gimlet drinker personally, I use plenty of Rose’s around the house. But too many folks behind bars think that Rose’s IS lime juice. Few people think to use lime juice when Rose’s is called for, but lots will ruin a drink by throwing in Rose’s when juice is called for.
My own obsession, Pegus, are an excellent case in point. Splash some Rose’s into a Pegu and you have an unrecognizable mess.
That said, I think that beyond the static you might get from the Fresh Juice Police for equating Rose’s with squeezings, you should worry more about Raymond Chandler’s ghost giving you a hard time for the scooter….

By: Robert Speirs

Robert Speirs — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:45:42 +0000

One cannot speak of lime juice and gin without mentioning the gimlet recipe in Raymond Chandler’s novel “Farewell, My Lovely”: Half gin, half Rose’s lime juice, shaken and poured. None of that “fresh” or “organic” lime juice nonsense. Just pure ambrosia. It’s the cocktail that would make a bishop put his foot through a stained-glass window.

By: wombat66

wombat66 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:22:30 +0000

Nellie & Joe’s bottled key lime juice is the most bestest superiorist bottled lime juice there is. Too bad it wasn’t used in the “Lime Wars” shootout ’cause it would have won by a wide margin.