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I'd never heard of Col. Joe Rickey until a blurb popped up about him in Esquire as the father of the Gin Rickey (and a family of other lime-tinged cocktails). Apparently, the colonel took a bourbon and soda and squeezed in half a lime. Somewhere down the line, someone discovered that the combination was even better with gin.
The Gin Rickey is a very cool and refreshing drink with a bit more panache than the classic Tanqueray and tonic. (Easier to make, too than the mojito, which comes from the same cocktail tree.) I just might have to mix a couple this summer when one of my favorite baseball players, Rickey Henderson, makes his way into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Best of all, it's a simple recipe:
Fill a tall glass with ice
Squeeze in the juice of ½ lime and drop the rind in the glass
Add 1 ½ oz. of your favorite gin
Top with chilled club soda or seltzer
Stir and enjoy
Host of “The Drew Olson Show,” which airs 1-3 p.m. weekdays on The Big 902. Sidekick on “The Mike Heller Show,” airing weekdays on The Big 920 and a statewide network including stations in Madison, Appleton and Wausau. Co-author of Bill Schroeder’s “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers” on Triumph Books. Co-host of “Big 12 Sports Saturday,” which airs Saturdays during football season on WISN-12. Former senior editor at OnMilwaukee.com. Former reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
