A chilled alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink made with alcohol (or fruit juice), lime juice, and soda water.
Named after Colonel Joe Rickey, a 19th-century American military man or politician (accounts vary) who popularized the drink in Washington D.C. during the 1880s-1890s.
The 'gin rickey' became so famous in Washington D.C. during the 1880s that the drink was named after Colonel Joe Rickey, and it's one of the few cocktails named after an actual person whose identity historians still debate.
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