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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: 20th Century (cocktail), Alabama Slammer, Alexander (cocktail), Aviation (cocktail), Bijou (cocktail), Bloodhound (cocktail), Breakfast martini, Bronx (cocktail), Classic cocktails, Clover Club Cocktail, Corpse Reviver, El Malecon cocktail, Fallen Angel (cocktail), Fluffy duck, French 75 (cocktail), Gibson (cocktail), Gimlet (cocktail), Gin and tonic, Gin bucket, Gin pahit, Hangman's Blood, Hanky-Panky cocktail, Harlem Mugger, List of martini variations, London Fog (cocktail), Long Island Iced Tea, Martini (cocktail), Mickey Slim, Moon River (gin cocktail), Negroni, New Englander (cocktail), Old Etonian (cocktail), Paradise (cocktail), Pegu Club (cocktail), Pink Gin, Pink lady (cocktail), Salty dog (cocktail), Singapore Sling, South Side (cocktail), Sweet Melissa, The Last Word (cocktail), The Rickey, Tom Collins, Vesper (cocktail). Excerpt: The Rickey is a category of mixed drinks closely resembling a highball made from a base spirit, half of a lime squeezed and dropped in the glass, and carbonated water. Little or no sugar is added to the Rickey. Originally created with bourbon whiskey in Washington, D.C. at Shoomaker's bar by bartender George A. Williamson in the 1880s, purportedly in collaboration with Democratic lobbyist Colonel Joe Rickey, it became a worldwide sensation when mixed with gin a decade later. Since 2008 the Rickey has enjoyed a resurgence with the revival of classic cocktails and a group of Washington D.C.-based bartenders, known as the DC Craft Bartenders Guild establishing July as Rickey month. It was also featured with Bourbon by political commentator and amateur mixologist Rachel Maddow on the Martha Stewart show for election night, 2008. Rickeys made with gin (typically referred to simply as gin rickeys) are among the most favored of the varieties of the drink with alcohol included. The mojito, which originated in Cuba, is a popular relative of the rickey, made with key lime juice, rum, simple syrup or muddled sugar, soda water and muddled mint leaves. 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 and Apollinaris 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. The name itself is also attributed to both Rep. William Henry Hatch and Fred Mussey who were said to be present when the drink was created and later came in asking for a "Joe Rickey drink," or "I'll have a Joe Rickey." However, assigning credit for the name's provenance is complicated, as a J
