Best 6 Lime Rickey Recipes

RASPBERRY LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill a tall glass with ice. Squeeze each of the lime wedges into glass, and drop in. Fill glass nearly to the top with carbonated water, and top with raspberry syrup.

CHERRY-LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Combine the cherries, sugar and 1 cup water in a medium saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Carefully smash the cherries with a potato masher, then simmer the mixture until slightly reduced and dark red, about 10 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes.
• Strain the mixture through a strainer into a heatproof container, pressing on the cherry solids to extract all the juice. There should be about 1 3/4 cups of syrup. Let cool for 30 minutes.
• Combine the cherry syrup with the limeade and lime juice in a pitcher and stir well. There will be about 3 cups total.
• To serve: Either stir in 3 cups water if you want a still drink, or mix equal parts of the drink mix with seltzer in a glass. Serve over ice with frozen cherries and lime wheels.

LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Build all the ingredients in a collins or iced-tea glass and top with soda. Garnish with a spiral piece of lime peel.

COCONUT LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Add all ingredients together, except the lime wedge, to a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes.
• Shake vigorously until blended.
• Or Whizz up in a blender.
• Strain mixture into a cocktail glass.
• Squeeze lime wedge into the drink and toss it in.

SUNSHINE LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill 2 tall glasses three-fourths full with ice. Add half the simple syrup, lime juice, orange juice and bitters to each glass. Top each with 1/2 cup club soda; stir. Garnish as desired.

GIN-GIN LIME RICKEY

Steps:

• Fill 4 tall glasses with crushed ice. Combine the ginger beer, club soda, lime juice and grenadine in a pitcher and pour over the ice. Add a shot of gin to each glass. Garnish with limes rounds and/or cherries.