Gin Rickey
Exceptionally refreshing, the gin rickey is a classic cocktail perfect for hot summer days. For this straightforward highball, all you need are just three basic ingredients: gin, fresh lime juice, and club soda. And since everything is simply added directly to the glass in which it is served (along with copious amounts of ice, of course), it's the sort of drink that can easily be prepared at the drop of a hat. Featured in F. Scott Fitzgerald's famed Jazz Age novel "The Great Gatsby," there is a sweltering summer scene at the Buchanan home where Tom serves up a quick tray of gin rickeys to his overheated guests. "We drank in long, greedy swallows," wrote Fitzgerald. So the next time the mercury soars, take a page out of Gatsby's playbook...cool off with a crisp gin rickey. Daisy Buchanan would approve.
Servings 1 drink
Ingredients
- generous heaps of ice
- ½ ounce fresh lime juice (about half a lime)
- 2 ounces gin
- 4 ounces club soda
- thinly sliced lime wheels for garnish
Instructions
- Squeeze the fresh lime juice, and cut three thin lime wheels for garnish.
- Fill a tall glass with ice all the way up to the brim.
- Tuck a couple of lime wheels down into the glass alongside the ice.
- Add the freshly squeezed lime juice, gin, and club soda. Then give the mixture a little stir.
- Garnish with another lime wheel on top and serve immediately.