Bar Necessities
Classic Non-alcoholic NA Non-Alcoholic

Lime Rickey

Col. Rickey's sober kin

Glass Highball
Method Built
Garnish lime wedge

Fresh lime and soda, sweetened just enough. The non-alcoholic descendant of Colonel Joe Rickey's original whiskey-and-lime concoction from 1880s Washington.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
  • 5 oz Soda Water

Method

Squeeze a whole lime into a highball, dropping the spent half in. Add simple syrup. Fill with ice. Top with soda water. Stir once. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Sourced from Named for Colonel Joe Rickey, Washington D.C. lobbyist (1880s). Non-alcoholic version widely canonical by early 20th century.