Gin Rickey

Latest revision as of 03:58, 12 February 2007

[edit] Recipes

From "Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide" (1972)

Recipe #1

• 1/2 lime
• 1 oz Gin
• Club soda

Squeeze lime juice into an old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes. Drop in spent lime shell. Add gin. Fill with soda. Gently stir.

Recipe #2

• 1/2 lime
• 2 oz Gin
• Club soda

Squeeze lime juice over 1 ice cube in an old fashioned glass, and drop in spent lime shell. Add gin and fill with soda. Gently stir.

Recipe #3

• 1/2 Lime
• 1 tsp Bar sugar
• 3 oz Gin
• Club soda

Crush lime with sugar in an old fashioned glass. Add 1 ice cube and gin. Fill with soda. Gently stir.

Recipe #4

• 1 1/2 Gin
• 1 oz French vermouth
• 1/2 tsp Grenadine
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• Club soda

Stir gin, vermouth, grenadine and lemon juice in an old fashioned glass with one ice cube. Fill with soda.

Sloe Gin Rickey recipe

• 1/2 Lime
• 2 oz Sloe gin
• Soda water

Squeeze lime juice over 1 ice cube in an 8 oz highball glass. Add spent shell. Add sloe gin. Fill glass with soda. Stir gently.