Lime Rickey
The Lime Rickey cocktail is a drink made originally with bourbon whiskey.
Created in Washington D.C. at Shoemaker’s bar by the bartender George A. Williamson in 1880 and named after Colonel Joseph Rickey, a Democratic lobbyist.
Colonel Joe Rickey a.k.a. Gentlemen Gambler was purported to have invented the Joe Rickey cocktail after the bartender added lime to his “morning’s morning”, a daily dose of Bourbon with little ice and fizzy water.
A few years later, the gin Rickey had supplanted the early bourbon version. This was published in Tim Daly 1903 Daly’s Bartender’s Encyclopedia.
By 1907, Rickey cocktails were such a trend that an article from Los Angeles Herald entitled “Limes are on Time”.
Ingredients | Method | Glass | Ice | Garnish |
50ml Woodford Reserve 15ml Lime Juice 10ml Sugar Syrup Top up Soda Water
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Build |
Small Highball |
Chunk |
Lime Twist |