GIN RICKEY- THE LOBBYIST COCKTAIL

GIN RICKEY
Juice and rind of half a lime
2 measures gin
Soda water

Gotta love the simple, refreshing GIN RICKEY cocktail. To make it, you only need the three ingredients above. Start by cutting a lime in half, then squeeze the juice directly into a glass half-filled with ice. Then plop that rind right into the glass. You then add the gin and stir robustly before filling the rest of the glass up with soda water.

The GIN RICKEY was created in the last decade of the 19^th century. It’s named after Joe Rickey, who was a lobbyist in Washington D.C. at the time. He often ordered the cocktail while tossing a few back with members of Congress. He ordered so many that the bartender named the drink the GIN RICKEY. I don’t think it is a coincidence that Rickey later became the first major U.S. importer of limes.

Apparently there are a lot of Rickey drinks out there, with bourbon, vodka, whiskey — you name it. But I’ll stick to the GIN RICKEY. It is one of the few gin drinks that I could stick with for a night. It’s dry, with not a bit of sweet. I love the floating lime. It’s also light and low-calorie.

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Cocktail Connie