Pimms

[Corinna]

I'd like to experiment with uses for Pimms, as an alternative to the traditional Pimms & Lemonade, and would be grateful for suggestions of combinations you've had success with. Thank you!

[brinza]

I like experimenting with Pimm's. Recently I came up with this:

1 1/2 oz. Pimm's

3/4 oz. gin

1/2 oz. Zwack

1/2 oz. blood orange juice

dash Maraschino

My first attempt used lime juice, but it didn't seem quite right, so my friend who helped me road-test the drink suggested using orange juice instead and that was a significant improvement. We decided to call it a Blackheart but I think that there might already be a drink with that name. If not, then that shall be its name.

[thirtyoneknots]

After the first time I tried Pimm's with Ginger Beer I haven't even bothered to mix one up unless I have some on hand. Blows the whole 'lemonade' (ie, 7-up) or ginger ale thing out of the water.

[Corinna]

Interesting. I suspected ginger beer might be the way to go-- cutting the sweetness. I've never had Zwack, does that have the same effect?

[thirtyoneknots]

Interesting. I suspected ginger beer might be the way to go-- cutting the sweetness. I've never had Zwack, does that have the same effect?

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Zwack has a sweet herbal cinnamon high note with a subtle bitterness and even more subtle anise character...it's essentially a digestif bitter in the Eastern European tradition, albeit not awfully bitter. It's a reformulation of the older Unicum product that is, at least around here, being primarily marketed to compete with Jagermeister in the places where it is profitable to do so.

[Bfishback]

I had an excellent, pimms, vanilla infused Herradura tequila, and ginger beer at the Gibson in DC.