Drink · 2 min · Amounts not specified
Gin rickey
Gin, lime and soda with no sugar at all. It is bracing rather than refreshing, and it is the driest long drink on the list.
The sheet · 1 tall glass · 2 min
easyWhy tonight. Gin, lime and soda with no sugar at all. It is bracing rather than refreshing, and it is the driest long drink on the list.
What it needs
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- gin
- lime
- soda
Method
- 2 oz gin, the juice of half a lime, soda to top, over plenty of ice.
- No sugar at all. That is the entire definition of a rickey and the reason it exists.
- Drop the spent lime shell into the glass — the oil in the skin is most of the aroma.
- It is the drink for people who say they do not like cocktails, which usually means they do not like sugar.
Technique coach
What the method is trying to make happen
Sequence, correction, heat and texture, equipment workarounds, scaling, and component reuse are available with this cook sheet.
An educational pour, not a reprint of a licensed spec. No allergen or alcohol-safety claim.
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The technique underneath this
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Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- gin
- Botanicals over a neutral base, and every bottle draws its own map — juniper-forward gin makes a bracing drink, a softer modern one makes a floral one.
- lime
- Sharper and more floral than lemon, and it fades faster — juice it the same hour you use it.
- soda
- Carbonation is a texture and it is the first thing you lose.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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