Take a tall thin water tumbler and fill it with finely cracked ice.

Lace this broken debris with four good purple splashes of angostura, add the lime and crushed peel of lime, and fill glass almost full with holland gin... no sugar, no fancying.

It's strong, it's bitter, but so is English ale strong and bitter, in may cases.

We don't add sugar to ale and we don't need sugar in a Death in the Gulf Stream... or at least not more than 1 stp.

Its tartness and bitterness are its chief charm. It is reviving and refreshing, it cools the blood and inspires renewed interest in food, companions and life.