Raspberry Gin Rickey - fruity co*cktail recipe (2024)

A delicious and refreshing raspberry summer co*cktail, this Raspberry Gin Rickey is a fun, fruity drink with the perfect amount of sweet-and-tart!

Raspberry Gin Rickey Recipe

This Gin Rickey is a classic gin co*cktail that was first made in a shoemaker’s bar in Washington, DC in the 1880s. By the 1890s, “soda fountains” had started popping up in pharmacies, with pharmacists doling out everything from mineral salt-enhanced waters to milkshakes, sodas, and co*cktails like this! There were even books and manuals put out listing the healing properties of all the sodas and co*cktails that could be found in the nation’s soda fountains.

(Wild to think that people used to drink these for it’s supposed health properties!)

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Even with prohibition, the gin rickey remained in soda fountains as the lime kick was enough to convince people they were having a co*cktail even when they weren’t!

Depending on where you are from, a gin rickey was supposed to either have a strong lime flavor, or a raspberry-lime (New England) or cherry-lime (New York) flavor. Since we all know that New Englanders know how to do summer, we’re looking to them for our inspiration for this delicious, thirst-quenching Raspberry Lime Gin Rickey recipe. Pair it with my Lobster Roll Sliders for a truly New England-style summer get-together!

Ingredients for Raspberry Gin Rickey

• 1 cupsugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 cupraspberries
• 1 cupfresh lime juice
• 1 1/2 cupsgin
• 4 cups soda water
• 2 limes
• Ice, as needed

Note: if you already have simple syrup, swap that in for the first two ingredients.

Makes 4.

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful:

• Sharp kitchen knife
• Liquid measure
• Muddler/co*cktail stick
• Saucepan

In a small pot, combine the sugar and 1/2 cup water. Heat over medium-high heat until the mixture comes to a boil and the sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and allow to cool, approximately 10 minutes. You have just made your own simple syrup!

Meanwhile, slice your limes and muddle 2-3 raspberries in the bottom of each serving glass. (If you have an ice maker, gather about 4 cups of ice.

Add 2 Tablespoons lime juice, 2 Tablespoons simple syrup, and 3 Tablespoons gin to each glass, overtop of the raspberries. Top with 1 cup of ice and 1/2 cup of soda water.

Garnish as desired, with lime slices and additional raspberries.

Serve immediately.

Do you have a summer party coming up that these Raspberry Gin Rickeys would be perfect for?

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