THE RICKEY

Col. Joseph Rickey was a political fixture in Missouri and later Washington– successfully campaigning for Grover Cleveland in 1884 and again in 1892. He was also a regular at Shoomaker’s bar in Washington D.C. Legend has it that on a sweltering day in 1883 he walked in and told bartender George Williamson to make a drink with bourbon, lime, and soda water, and so the Rickey was born. Now more popular as a gin drink, any spirit works. At its core, the Rickey is made with a spirit, the juice of half a lime and soda water, with the entire squeezed half-lime added to the glass as garnish.

Johnny Rickey

2oz dark rum ½ of a lime Soda water

Fill an 8oz Highball glass with ice. Pour in the rum and squeeze in the juice from the half lime, then drop the lime in the glass. Stir to combine and top with soda water.