Notable Classics
Gin Rickey
Bone-dry gin cooler
The dry cousin of the Gin Fizz — no sugar, just gin, fresh lime, and soda. Stripped down to bone-dry refreshment. Where the Fizz wants to please, the Rickey wants to wake you up.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Gin
- 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 3-4 oz Soda Water
Method
Fill a highball with ice. Pour gin. Add fresh lime juice. Top with soda water. Stir. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Created by bartender George A. Williamson around 1880 at Shoemaker's Bar in Washington, DC, and named after Colonel Joseph Kyle Rickey, a Democratic lobbyist. First documented in Harry Johnson's 1900 Bartenders Manual. Per Difford's Guide #1676.
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