The Rickey is a category of mixed drinks closely resembling a highball made from a base spirit, 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 whiskey in Washington, D.C. at Shoomaker’s bar by bartender George A. Williamson in the 1880’s, purportedly in collaboration with Democratic lobbyist, Colonel Joe Rickey, it became a worldwide sensation when mixed with gin a decade later .

Since 2008 the Rickey has enjoyed a resurgence with the rise 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 .

Ingredients:

• 2oz (56.7 grams) bourbon, rye whiskey, or gin
• Half of a lime squeezed and dropped in the glass
• Sparkling Mineral Water

Preparation:

• Combine spirit, lime and shell in a highball or wine glass. Add ice, stir and then add sparkling mineral water.

Is a prohibition era cocktail originally developed at the Detroit Athletic Club. While the drink eventually fell out of use, it has recently enjoyed renewed popularity after being rediscovered as a cult hit in the Seattle area by Murray Stenson, a bartender at the Zig Zag Café.

Ingredients:

• One part gin
• One part lime juice
• One part Chartreuse
• One part maraschino liqueur

Preparation:

• Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass

The Singapore Sling is a cocktail that was developed by Ngiam Tong Boon (嚴崇文), a bartender working at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel Singapore before 1915. Recipes published in articles about Raffles Hotel prior to the 1970s are significantly different from current recipes, and “Singapore Slings” drunk elsewhere in Singapore differ from the recipe used at Raffles Hotel. The original recipe used Gin, Cherry Heering, Bénédictine, and most importantly, fresh pineapple juice, primarily from Sarawak pineapples which enhance the flavour and create a foamy top. Most recipes substitute fresh juice with bottled pineapple juice; club soda has to be added for foam. The hotel’s recipe was recreated based on the memories of former bartenders and written notes that they were able to discover regarding the original recipe. One of the scribbled recipes is still on display at the Raffles Hotel Museum.

Ingredients:

• 4.0 cl (1.35 fluid onces) White Rum
• 3.0 cl (1.01 fluid onces) Fresh lime juice
• 3 sprigs of Mint
• 2 teaspoons Sugar
• Soda Water

Preparation:

Mint sprigs muddled with sugar and lime juice. Rum added and topped with soda water. Garnished with sprig of mint leaves. Served with a straw.

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