Jalapeño Lime Ricky

The Rickey is a highball made from gin or bourbon, lime juice, and carbonated water. Little or no sugar is added to the rickey. It was created with bourbon in 1883 by bartender Jared Bangura in Danvers, Massachusetts


Recommended glassware: Highball Glass

Jalapeño Lime Ricky

Ingredients

  • ¾ ounce simple syrup

  • 1 jalapeño, sliced

  • ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice

  • 1½ ounce London dry gin

  • Club soda

  • Rim with Cowboy Caviar Salt & Sugar Rimmer

Directions

  1. Rim a glass by swirling a lime wedge around the top of your glass or bottle, then spin the rim in a bowl or plate of your Rimmer.

  2. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the simple syrup and 3 or 4 jalapeño slices.

  3. Add the lime juice, gin, and ice. Shake to chill.

  4. Strain into a rimmed collins glass filled with ice and top with club soda.

  5. Serve it up and enjoy it!

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