Lime Rickey
Zero Proof · Zero proof
- Strength
- 0.0%
- Std. drinks
- 0.00
- Calories
- 112
- Sugar
- 27.3 g
- ½Juice of half a lime
- 1½ ozRaspberry syrup45 ml
- 8 ozSeltzer240 ml
The ratio · ¼ : 1 : 5½
Highlighted: not in the Pussyfoot.
Head to head
Lime Rickey and Pussyfoot side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have lime juice. Only the Lime Rickey has raspberry syrup and soda water; only the Pussyfoot has mint, orange juice, lemon juice, grenadine and egg yolk. In parts, a Lime Rickey is ¼ lime, 1 raspberry and 5½ soda; a Pussyfoot is 8 orange, 1 lemon, 1 lime and 1 grenadine. By volume, the Lime Rickey is 80% mixer and juice, 15% syrup and sugar and 5% citrus; the Pussyfoot is 73% mixer and juice, 18% citrus and 9% syrup and sugar. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
They are about equally strong in the glass (both 0.0% ABV), and they hold about the same alcohol (0.00 standard drinks each). The Pussyfoot has more calories (about 172 against 112), but the Lime Rickey has more sugar (27.3 g against 20.3 g). Both are served in a highball; the Lime Rickey is built, the Pussyfoot shaken.
Zero Proof · Zero proof
The ratio · ¼ : 1 : 5½
Highlighted: not in the Pussyfoot.
Zero Proof · Zero proof
The ratio · 8 : 1 : 1 : 1
Highlighted: not in the Lime Rickey.
Each drink sits nearer the corners it has more of: spirit, vermouth and bitter, citrus, mixer, syrup or liqueur. The gray dots are the other classics. Explore the full ratio map.
Lime Rickey vs.
Pussyfoot vs.