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The Rickey is a highball drink made from gin or bourbon, half of a lime squeezed and dropped in the glass, and carbonated water. Little or no sugar is added to the rickey. Originally created with bourbon in Washington, D.C. at Shoomaker's bar by bartender George A. Williamson in the 1880s, purportedly in collaboration with Democratic lobbyist Colonel Joe Rickey, it became a worldwide sensation when mixed with gin a decade later.〔Brown, George Rothwell. ''Washington: A Not Too Serious History''. Baltimore, 1930, pp. 366–370〕 A recipe for the rickey appears as early as Daly's bartenders' encyclopedia – Page 57 by Tim Daly in 1903 "GIN RICKEY. Use a sour glass. Squeeze the juice of one lime into it. 1 small lump of ice. 1 wine glass of Plymouth gin." Fill the glass with siphon seltzer, and serve with small bar spoon." Since 2008 the rickey has enjoyed a resurgence with the revival of classic cocktails and a group of Washington, D.C.–based bartenders, known as the DC Craft Bartenders Guild, establishing July as Rickey Month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Helping the District drink better since 2008 )〕 It was also featured with bourbon by political commentator and amateur mixologist Rachel Maddow on the Martha Stewart show for election night, 2008. Now most rickeys are made with gin (a gin rickey), also known as a lime rickey, particularly in its virgin cocktail variant served at soda fountains on the U.S. east coast. The mojito, which originated in Cuba, is a popular relative of the rickey, made with key lime juice, rum, simple syrup or muddled sugar, soda water, and muddled mint leaves. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rickey (cocktail)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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