Gin Rickey
The Gin Rickey is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 4 ingredients, shaken and topped and served in a highball. That makes 102 ml in the glass: a middling measure.
MethodShaken and topped
GlassHighball
In the glass102 ml
Strength19.0%
Ingredients
- 45 mlgin
- 15 mlfresh lime juice
- 10 mlrich sugar syrup
- 15 mlsoda water
Method
- Shake the gin, lime and syrup with ice.
- Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and top with soda water.
Garnish: Garnish with a length of lime peel.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It sits between bitter and sweet: 0.3 out of 10 of bitterness, 109th of 186 for sweetness.
- round → sour
- Acidity leaves it halfway: 104th of 186, and the acid comes from fresh lime juice.
- light → strong
- 19.0% after dilution: the middle band, 51st of 186.
Its closest neighbour is the Penicillin: 97 out of 100 for similarity.
Five that come close
- PenicillinBuilt on whisky and with scotch whisky in place of gin.
- Gin Basil SmashWith fresh lemon juice in place of fresh lime juice and longer by 38 ml.
- Army & NavyWith fresh lemon juice in place of fresh lime juice and longer by 25 ml.
- DaiquiriBuilt on rum and with white rum in place of gin.
- CaipiroskaSweeter and more sour.
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Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026