This drink should really have kept the name gimlette, for the man who invented it: the royal navys surgeon general sir thomas d. Gimlette. He came up with this concoction as a way to convince his fellow sailors to drink lime juice to ward off scurvy. If only we could take all of our medications in such a fashion A commercial lime cordial like roses will do alright, but its not too hard to make your own infinitely superior cordial just search online for a recipe.