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Gin Rickey
Gin, lime juice and soda water, built over ice in a tall glass.
Go to the recipe ↓The Gin Rickey is gin and lime juice lengthened with soda water over ice. Neither version below adds sugar or syrup, and both use the same measure of gin. The amount that differs is the lime: one version fixes it, and the other gives a range.
Imbibe: highball, fixed lime
Contains alcohol
Ingredients
Original recipe quantities.
See the proportions
Share of the measured liquid, before ice. Unmeasured additions and non-volume ingredients are excluded.
Method as published
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Pour in the London dry gin and fresh lime juice.
- Fill the glass with soda water.
- Stir, then garnish.
Garnish Lime twist or wedge
- The soda water fills the glass. It is not a measured amount, so adjust it by hand when scaling.
Recipe source: imbibemagazine.com ↗
Punch: Collins, lime range
Contains alcohol
Ingredients
Original recipe quantities.
Method as published
- Pour the gin and lime juice into a Collins glass.
- Add ice.
- Top with soda water.
Garnish Lime wheel
- Makes one drink.
- London dry gin is preferred, not required.
- The lime juice is a range, so set it separately when scaling.
- The soda water is a top-up, not a measured amount.
Recipe source: PUNCH ↗
Lime: fixed or a range
The highball version calls for 3/4 oz of fresh lime juice. That matches the top of the Collins version's 1/2 to 3/4 oz range. With no syrup in either glass, the lime is the only measured ingredient besides the gin, so the range sets how sharp the Collins version is. The highball version settles that at the higher figure.