We starting making more cocktails at home after our dad sent us a top-shelf bottle of bourbon. It was a gift that pleasantly surprised us and started a new interest. 

Mixing cocktails can seem a little daunting but much like cooking its all about the creative experimentation.  The key we discovered is to keep it really simple. Hopefully this inspires you to start mixing and shaking for those casual backyard hangs. 
 

This recipe Evan happily stumbled upon because we had a very full citrus drawer in our fridge stuffed with lime wedges from a series of taco nights. On the verge of spoil he wanted to ream the limes into a cocktail shared with neighborhood friends. 

Come to find out his bubbly, refreshing boozy drink is a Gin Gimlet meets a Lime Ricky which is known in the cocktail world as a 'Tom Collins'. 

It has four ingredients: club soda, simple syrup, lime juice (fresh squeeze, please) and gin.
*we use sparkling water in substitute of club soda.