Lime Rickey

Lime Rickey
Lime Rickey
Editor's Note: The recipe and introductory text below are excerpted from Dale DeGroff's book The Craft of the Cocktail. Angostura bitters contribute some of the complexity of an alcoholic drink and even a bit of the alcohol. However, because this recipe calls for only a few dashes of bitters, the resulting drink's alcohol content is still very low. This is the drinking man's nonalcoholic drink.
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Bitters Fruit Juice Non-Alcoholic Lime Drink
  • club soda
  • 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1 ounce simple syrup

Preparation Build all the ingredients in a collins or iced-tea glass and top with soda. Garnish with a spiral piece of lime peel. Reprinted with permission from The Craft of the Cocktail: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master Bartender, with 500 Recipes by Dale DeGroff, (C) © 2011 Clarkson Potter Dale DeGroff has been called "the Billy Graham of the holy spirits" by the London Tribune and"a master" by Martha Stewart, and is widely acknowledged to be the preeminent mixologist in the world. He's been featured in dozens of magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, The New Yorker, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Penthouse, Food & Wine, and Forbes; his television appearances include Martha Stewart Living and Today. For twelve years, Dale ran the bar at New York City's Rainbow Room and now serves as a consultant for such top restaurants as Balthazar. He has taught at the Culinary Institute of America (and starts in their bartending video) and the Institute for Culinary Education, among other venues. Dale grew up in Westerly, Rhode Island, and now lives on Long Island.