Let's continue the list of gin based summer drink with another classic.
In 1883, Colonel Joe Rickey was purported to have invented the "Joe Rickey," after a bartender at Shoomaker's in Washington, D.C. added a lime to his "mornin's morning," a daily dose of Bourbon with lump ice andApollinaris sparkling mineral water. Some stories place the exact day as a Monday after Col. Joe Rickey celebrated his wager with a Philadelphian on the successful ascension of John G. Carlisle to Speaker of the House. Col. Joe Rickey was known as a "gentleman gambler" and placed many bets on the outcome of various political contests.
By the 1890s the Gin Rickey had supplanted the early Bourbon version now known as the "Joe Rickey." George Rothwell Brown ascribes the creation of the Gin Rickey to the Chicago exposition of 1893 where the jinrikusha, or rickshaw, was introduced from Japan. It became a joke among travelers
2 ounces Gin
3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
3 ounces club water
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